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I8600 Hard Drive Questions

post #1 of 9
10/13/04 at 9:10pm
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1) Why is my "60GB" drive only showing 52.3GB total space? I can understand it being a little off from 60, but 7.7GB low...WTF???

2) How can I tell if its the 7200RPM dive or the 5400RPM???

TIA
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post #2 of 9
10/13/04 at 9:11pm
#2 open it up and see what it says, if you didn't specify during the order 60GB 7200 RPM then you didn't get it.
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post #3 of 9
10/13/04 at 9:12pm
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I did specify the 7200....that's why I want to check.
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post #4 of 9
10/13/04 at 9:24pm
Try looking in the FAQ... I can't remember off the top of my head for #2.

#1 is in the FAQ as well.
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post #5 of 9
10/13/04 at 9:41pm
To check hd:
go to My Computer>Properties of C:\>Hardware> See if your hard disk's name has 7260 in it
If there is, I think it should be 7K60

lozx
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post #6 of 9
10/13/04 at 9:47pm
Hts7260
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post #7 of 9
10/13/04 at 10:35pm
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yep...thanks guys!!
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post #8 of 9
10/14/04 at 1:44am
Anytime

lozx
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post #9 of 9
10/14/04 at 2:18am
Its all decimal vs binary.

Decimal:
Hardrive makers classify 1 gigabyte as 10 ^ 9 = 1,000,000,000 bytes (1 billion)

Binary:
An actual gigabyte according to a computer is 2 ^ 30 = 1,073,741,824 bytes

So the Hardrive maker labels it 60 gigs but in reality it is

60,000,000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 55.88 GB

The other 2 or 3 gigs must be a hidden partition, your swap file, or something of that sort
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