drive space mismatch

[Guest]

hi,
I have xp pro sp2 on my c drive that has 20 GB capacity. When I check the
properties of this drive for space information, it shows total used space to
be 9.7 GB, but when I select all the folders in C drive, the total space
occupied by them is shown to be 6.5 GB only. What is causing this mismatch? I
have tried this by unhiding hidden files and folders as well, but the result
is the same.

 

[Guest]

You dont mention available space only used,however,a 20gb hd really will
only have 17gb available,a 120gb maybe 117gb.

 

[jdbne]

You dont mention available space only used,however,a 20gb hd really
will
only have 17gb available,a 120gb maybe 117gb.

My 100 GB laptop drive only reports 93GB. Anybody know the reason?

 

[Enkidu]

My 100 GB laptop drive only reports 93GB. Anybody know the reason?

Disk manufacturers calculate a Gigabyte as 1000x1000x1000
bytes. The OS calculates a Gigabyte as 1024x1024x1024.

The ratio between the two is approximately 1.074

100(disk GBs)/1.074 = 93(OS GBs)

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Guest]

Could it be that the hidden space is reserved for recycle bin? I see that
2GB has been allocated for recycle bin...I am sure this mismatch is not
because of binary calculation because I have compared "Used Space" as shown
by OS for comparison and not what the hard drive specification has written.

 

[Enkidu]

Could it be that the hidden space is reserved for recycle bin? I see that
2GB has been allocated for recycle bin...I am sure this mismatch is not
because of binary calculation because I have compared "Used Space" as shown
by OS for comparison and not what the hard drive specification has written.

Disk manufacturers calculate a Gigabyte as 1000x1000x1000
bytes. The OS calculates a Gigabyte as 1024x1024x1024.

The ratio between the two is approximately 1.074

100(disk GBs)/1.074 = 93(OS GBs)

Cheers,

Cliff