y do i have 74.5gb on my hdd when im meant to have 80gb?

[pheebz]

ive got a t60 n im pretty sure that i should have a 80gb hdd but somehow i only have 74.5gb y is that?
can someone show me how i can get all 80gb (if it can b done)
thanx

[masterus]

Hi

That missing space on your HDD is in HPA.

Regards

[dr_st]

80GB hard drives are in reality 74.5GB hard drives, if you count binary gigabytes.

80,000,000,000 bytes = 74.5GB.

Now, if you have taken that into consideration, and still have missing space, then it is indeed the hidden partition, designed to allow you to recover your notebook to factory settings.

[Petekilla]

yes....realize how hard drives are legally measured. It is in fact 80GB or measureed as 80GB because from 1GB is measured by manufacturer as 1000MB.

However, a computer measures 1GB as 1024MB.