hard drive space

[Guest]

I recently purchased a Dell PC with 80GB DataSafe internal backup hard drive.
I noticed that when I look up the capacities for these 2 drives they read as
follows...

C:\ 52.7
D:\ 18.4 (backup)

These equal 71.1 GB. I understand that some space is allocated for running
Windows, Norton Ghost,etc.....but 8 GBs worth?

Just curious if I am misunderstanding something or I have some kind of
hidden space or partition.

thanks in advance, i appreciate it!
Jason

 

[Malke]

I recently purchased a Dell PC with 80GB DataSafe internal backup hard
drive.
I noticed that when I look up the capacities for these 2 drives they
read as
follows...

C:\ 52.7
D:\ 18.4 (backup)

These equal 71.1 GB. I understand that some space is allocated for
running Windows, Norton Ghost,etc.....but 8 GBs worth?

Just curious if I am misunderstanding something or I have some kind of
hidden space or partition.

That amount seems OK to me. A clean install of XP Pro with Service Pack
2 and no subsequent updates and no programs installed is about 2.5GB
all by itself. Add a nice hefty swap file (page file in Windows),
temporary files, System Restore, the Ghost image, etc. etc. etc.

Malke

 

[Guest]

cool, thanks

That amount seems OK to me. A clean install of XP Pro with Service Pack
2 and no subsequent updates and no programs installed is about 2.5GB
all by itself. Add a nice hefty swap file (page file in Windows),
temporary files, System Restore, the Ghost image, etc. etc. etc.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Ron Martell]

I recently purchased a Dell PC with 80GB DataSafe internal backup hard drive.
I noticed that when I look up the capacities for these 2 drives they read as
follows...

C:\ 52.7
D:\ 18.4 (backup)

These equal 71.1 GB. I understand that some space is allocated for running
Windows, Norton Ghost,etc.....but 8 GBs worth?

Just curious if I am misunderstanding something or I have some kind of
hidden space or partition.

thanks in advance, i appreciate it!
Jason

That is the difference between Binary gigabytes (2^30 bytes) used by
Windows and decimal gigabytes (10^9 bytes) used by hard drive
peddlers.

80 decimal gigabytes = =75.51 binary gigabytes.

Hope this explains the situation.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

Actually, just thought of something. I do understand your answer. But why
isnt that space allocated under the "used" section. So if were to uninstall
Norton ghost Backup,etc.... would my overall capacity increase?... or would
that just increase my "free" space? or both?

P.S. Are you familiar with Norton Ghost Backup Software functionality??

 

[Guest]

it sure does...thanks

That is the difference between Binary gigabytes (2^30 bytes) used by
Windows and decimal gigabytes (10^9 bytes) used by hard drive
peddlers.

80 decimal gigabytes = =75.51 binary gigabytes.

Hope this explains the situation.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."