| From: | Robert Cranley |
| Date: | 3 May 2001 at 21:51:14 |
| Subject: | Re: 40GB HD missing 25% ????? |
Hi dave@blitz-2000.co.uk,
On 02-May-01, you wrote:
> I had a nice big reply for you but I think Ihit cancel instead of send
> :( And I can't be bothered typing it all out again.
Heh... Hate that :)
> 41.1 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 = 38.2Gb.
> HDToolbox displays the size without removing any losses due to the FS,
> so it probably got some disk parameters wrong. Get the correct data
> from the manufacturers website and redefine your drive.
I got the correct data from the label on the drive itself, put it into
HDToolbox, and it came out with the same size... 31.8GB. It's really
annoying... I don't want to install evenything onto it if I have to
re-install the whole lot again... I've got 8GB of stuff to put on the drive!
Regards,
Rob
AIM: Daedalus2097 ICQ: 103366205 IRC: Daedalus on ARCNET
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