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y do i have 74.5gb on my hdd when im meant to have 80gb?
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:29 am
by 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
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:40 am
by masterus
Hi
That missing space on your HDD is in HPA.
Regards
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:28 am
by 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.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:48 pm
by 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.