External hard disk
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I bought a maxtor 320 GB external hard disk. But when I run it, the free space is only 298 GB. Why is that so? Kana cheated?
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It's a hardware limitation.
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What you mean ah?Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:It's a hardware limitation.
The remaining 20 GB gone where? -
First time buy harddisk? It is 320,000,000,000 bytes.Originally posted by The return:I bought a maxtor 320 GB external hard disk. But when I run it, the free space is only 298 GB. Why is that so? Kana cheated?
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First buy such a large hard disk and external somemore.Originally posted by ^tamago^:First time buy harddisk? It is 320,000,000,000 bytes.
I thought the lost disk space would be a few GB.
What you mean 320,000,000,000 bytes ? -
it's normal one, like those 80gb, when u format it for usage to ur computer , it will become like 74.5 gb or something like that de
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Gone with the wind.Originally posted by The return:What you mean ah?
The remaining 20 GB gone where?
I can't find back the old thread... it's a hardware limitation, due to the bits and bytes. -
Oic, if I can know the technical part, would be niceOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Gone with the wind.
I can't find back the old thread... it's a hardware limitation, due to the bits and bytes.
By the way, is it possible to partition such a large hard disk? If can how?
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I lost the thread... can't find it back, but it's posted in this forum. If you free, can go find it.Originally posted by The return:Oic, if I can know the technical part, would be nice
By the way, is it possible to partition such a large hard disk? If can how?
Yes, it's possible to. Plug in your external hard disk. Let Windows installed the necessary stuffs. Once done, do this:
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management
Select Removable Media on the left hand side. You should see your hard disk.
Delete all partitions, then right click and select Create.
That's the rough steps, can't recall. -
The more you buy, the more you lose, because you only get 1000/1024 of the claimed hard disk space.Originally posted by The return:First buy such a large hard disk and external somemore.
I thought the lost disk space would be a few GB.
What you mean 320,000,000,000 bytes ?
Did you read the fine print that manufacturer defines 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes while OS defines it by the actual definition of 1GB = 1,049,165,824 bytes? -
Ok thanks. I go try it out.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I lost the thread... can't find it back, but it's posted in this forum. If you free, can go find it.
Yes, it's possible to. Plug in your external hard disk. Let Windows installed the necessary stuffs. Once done, do this:
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management
Select Removable Media on the left hand side. You should see your hard disk.
Delete all partitions, then right click and select Create.
That's the rough steps, can't recall. -
mayi how's the seagate freeagent doing? issit good?
(i also bought one but someone got it for me, he will pass it to me on wednesday.
i was told the 250GB one costs only $30 more, but it's bigger so i chose the smaller, 80GB one). -
I can't find my hard disk in the removable storage .. and yes it is connected to the PC.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I lost the thread... can't find it back, but it's posted in this forum. If you free, can go find it.
Yes, it's possible to. Plug in your external hard disk. Let Windows installed the necessary stuffs. Once done, do this:
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management
Select Removable Media on the left hand side. You should see your hard disk.
Delete all partitions, then right click and select Create.
That's the rough steps, can't recall. -
They got print meh??? Didn't notice before but I know that it would be lesser than what it claimed to be.Originally posted by ^tamago^:The more you buy, the more you lose, because you only get 1000/1024 of the claimed hard disk space.
Did you read the fine print that manufacturer defines 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes while OS defines it by the actual definition of 1GB = 1,049,165,824 bytes?
but by your definition... it should be 305 GB of usable disk space instead of 298.... -
So far so good.Originally posted by TehJarVu:mayi how's the seagate freeagent doing? issit good?
(i also bought one but someone got it for me, he will pass it to me on wednesday.
i was told the 250GB one costs only $30 more, but it's bigger so i chose the smaller, 80GB one). -
If it's not there, try looking under Disk Management.Originally posted by The return:I can't find my hard disk in the removable storage .. and yes it is connected to the PC. -
Not just because of this... there are hidden partitions... used by manufacturers.Originally posted by caleb_chiang:They got print meh??? Didn't notice before but I know that it would be lesser than what it claimed to be.
but by your definition... it should be 305 GB of usable disk space instead of 298.... -
Ok found. The problem now is I have some other partitions from my internal hard disks. If I delete all partition, would they be gone?Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:If it's not there, try looking under Disk Management. -
yeah i realised, but u noe, my 160GB only have 149GB, so i guess something's wrong with the calculation somewhereOriginally posted by caleb_chiang:They got print meh??? Didn't notice before but I know that it would be lesser than what it claimed to be.
but by your definition... it should be 305 GB of usable disk space instead of 298.... 
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No, don't delete your internal hard disk partitions.Originally posted by The return:Ok found. The problem now is I have some other partitions from my internal hard disks. If I delete all partition, would they be gone?
Select your external hard disk, then delete the partitions. -
hey dont forget that file system information is used to write in each small part of the sectors. thus, u get lesser space. i suggest u format your drive using fat32.
so the bigger hdd space u have, the more space u lost to it.
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And the nibbles...Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Gone with the wind.
I can't find back the old thread... it's a hardware limitation, due to the bits and bytes. -
Hi guys, i've found 1 link that might clear you up, hope you like it. (PS: Seagate's(R) it too... )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte#Consumer_confusion
Nice to know all this techonibbles, huh...