Missing Gigs on hard drive

dragothic · 01-06-2003, 10:42 PM

I have recently aquired a sony vaio desktop, it has 160gig hard drive, after I upgraded to XP pro with a clen install and partition the disk in 3 parts, the total disk is now just 127 gig, where are the missing gigs

Sniper · 01-06-2003, 09:57 PM

what program did you use to partion the HD? Have you tried using Partion Magic, it should detect the missing space and let you do, what you want with it.

heres a list of software which could help you http://windows.about.com/cs/diskpartitionsw/

dragothic · 01-06-2003, 10:06 PM

Thanks, I partitioned it with the XP installation CD.

Big B · 01-06-2003, 10:27 PM

Even with another program, keep in mind that you still will not tally up 160GB. The reason why is because they define a gigabyte as 1000MB. In reality its 1GB=1024MB. However, 127GB showing up is not good news. You should be able to see how much space you have available in the Disk Management section of the admin tools. A quick way to get to that is right click on my computer--->manage--->disk management. You'll be able to see all the drives and partitions currently installed on your PC.

dragothic · 02-06-2003, 12:46 AM

thats how I wanted to set the h/d up, 20 gig for o/s and utilitys, 80 gig for video and music, and 60gig for games and apps, I had the 1024 thing in mind when i partitioned the disk with the XP cd, now when I look at the disk management, i have drive c: 20gig - d:80gig - e:27.99 gig..how wierd is that???

Big B · 02-06-2003, 02:55 AM

Hmmm...The only thing I can think of that could be the problem here is the 137GB barrier. Anything within the past year or so should be okay. Any ATA133 controller will support drives larger than 137GB hard drives. If that's not the case, you may want to see if there's a BIOS update for your motherboard that can support the proper addressing to overcome this limitation.

Sniper · 03-06-2003, 04:36 PM

have you managed to recover the missing GB/s?

dragothic · 03-06-2003, 09:07 PM

not really but there is a partition there that i didnt add,,,,????
When I go to disk management now, I've got Disk 0 149.5 Gig, then 4 partitions of 80gig, 20gig, 27.99gig, 21.06gig.......
Its getting stranger, I didn't set it up like this and it wasn't like this yesterday, any help would be great!!

01-06-2003, 10:42 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
dragothic Geek Trainee Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 33 Posts: 4 Status: Offline	Missing Gigs on hard drive I have recently aquired a sony vaio desktop, it has 160gig hard drive, after I upgraded to XP pro with a clen install and partition the disk in 3 parts, the total disk is now just 127 gig, where are the missing gigs

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Sniper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Age: 24 Male Posts: 4,420 Times Helpful: 116 My Mood: Bored Status: Offline My Computer	what program did you use to partion the HD? Have you tried using Partion Magic, it should detect the missing space and let you do, what you want with it. heres a list of software which could help you http://windows.about.com/cs/diskpartitionsw/ __________________ Zone 365 \| F@H Team \| Team Stats \| Use The Thank You System \| My Groups: Manchester United \| Apple

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Big B HWF Godfather Join Date: Dec 2001 Age: 28 Male Posts: 9,636 Times Helpful: 585 My Mood: Devilish Status: Offline My Computer	Even with another program, keep in mind that you still will not tally up 160GB. The reason why is because they define a gigabyte as 1000MB. In reality its 1GB=1024MB. However, 127GB showing up is not good news. You should be able to see how much space you have available in the Disk Management section of the admin tools. A quick way to get to that is right click on my computer--->manage--->disk management. You'll be able to see all the drives and partitions currently installed on your PC. __________________ Hardware Forums\|HWF Rules\|My DVD's\|PSU FAQ\|HWF Folding Team\|2CPU

02-06-2003, 02:55 AM	#6 (permalink) Top
Big B HWF Godfather Join Date: Dec 2001 Age: 28 Male Posts: 9,636 Times Helpful: 585 My Mood: Devilish Status: Offline My Computer	Hmmm...The only thing I can think of that could be the problem here is the 137GB barrier. Anything within the past year or so should be okay. Any ATA133 controller will support drives larger than 137GB hard drives. If that's not the case, you may want to see if there's a BIOS update for your motherboard that can support the proper addressing to overcome this limitation. __________________ Hardware Forums\|HWF Rules\|My DVD's\|PSU FAQ\|HWF Folding Team\|2CPU

03-06-2003, 04:36 PM	#7 (permalink) Top
Sniper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Age: 24 Male Posts: 4,420 Times Helpful: 116 My Mood: Bored Status: Offline My Computer	have you managed to recover the missing GB/s? __________________ Zone 365 \| F@H Team \| Team Stats \| Use The Thank You System \| My Groups: Manchester United \| Apple

01-06-2003, 10:06 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
dragothic Geek Trainee Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 33 Posts: 4 Status: Offline	Thanks, I partitioned it with the XP installation CD.

02-06-2003, 12:46 AM	#5 (permalink) Top
dragothic Geek Trainee Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 33 Posts: 4 Status: Offline	thats how I wanted to set the h/d up, 20 gig for o/s and utilitys, 80 gig for video and music, and 60gig for games and apps, I had the 1024 thing in mind when i partitioned the disk with the XP cd, now when I look at the disk management, i have drive c: 20gig - d:80gig - e:27.99 gig..how wierd is that???

03-06-2003, 09:07 PM	#8 (permalink) Top
dragothic Geek Trainee Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 33 Posts: 4 Status: Offline	not really but there is a partition there that i didnt add,,,,???? When I go to disk management now, I've got Disk 0 149.5 Gig, then 4 partitions of 80gig, 20gig, 27.99gig, 21.06gig....... Its getting stranger, I didn't set it up like this and it wasn't like this yesterday, any help would be great!!

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