Where Are All My Gigs?

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  1. Posts : 23
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    Where Are All My Gigs?


    Strange,I check almost every Folder, But I cannot find all those missing Gigs, even have System Restore Turn off to make sure.......See Screenshots
    No System .iso made for Adv. Recovery,see Screenshots.





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    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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  3. Posts : 23
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       #3

    I already check every Folder,Not sure what is hidden,with somany Gigs!?
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    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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    xptowindows7 said:
    I already check every Folder,Not sure what is hidden,with somany Gigs!?
    Did you read that tutorial?
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    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
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    Can you do a screen snip of Disk Management ?

    Start Computer Management Disk Management
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  6. Posts : 1,261
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    According to your screenshot, you have more than enough free space on the drive (254GB), so I'm going to assume that you have a 320GB hard disk, and are concerned about why the system is only showing 254GB free of 298GB?

    There are various explanations, but the most common is because drive manufacturers count drive capacities in decimal units of 1000MB (1GB), but Windows (and every other OS in existance) uses binary units of 1024MB (1GB), and this is where the imbalance comes from.

    What also affects total reported capacity are various houskeeping allocations on the hard disk, such as partition tables, boot records, file systems, etc.

    The following table shows what my own hard disks are reportng:
    No code has to be inserted here.

    You shouldn't be too concerned over this, as this is perfectly normal.
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    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #7

    On Factory install, you will have hidden partitions
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    DocBrown said:
    Can you do a screen snip of Disk Management ?

    Start Computer Management Disk Management

    Here u g, Thanks..

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    DocBrown said:
    On Factory install, you will have hidden partitions
    Are u kiddin?....40 gigs missing, I checked thru' some My document and Downloads,maybe like 7 gigs of misc.stuff....BTW,is a Custom PC,so NO Factory crap... installed..
    Last edited by xptowindows7; 05 Feb 2011 at 02:54.
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    Dzomlija said:
    According to your screenshot, you have more than enough free space on the drive (254GB), so I'm going to assume that you have a 320GB hard disk, and are concerned about why the system is only showing 254GB free of 298GB?

    There are various explanations, but the most common is because drive manufacturers count drive capacities in decimal units of 1000MB (1GB), but Windows (and every other OS in existance) uses binary units of 1024MB (1GB), and this is where the imbalance comes from.

    What also affects total reported capacity are various houskeeping allocations on the hard disk, such as partition tables, boot records, file systems, etc.

    The following table shows what my own hard disks are reportng:
    No code has to be inserted here.
    You shouldn't be too concerned over this, as this is perfectly normal.

    Yes, it is a 320 gigs listed,so according to your xplanation here,which I am aware of, I should be "actually" getting around >>298 gigs, but that does not xplain the 40 + missing Gigs?

    I can understand a couple of gigs for Windows 7 and programs,but 40 gigs?
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