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Window is stealing my HD size
hi to everyone and sorry for the engrish , but i really need help with
my hd so here is the problem i buy a new hd 200gb maxtor , and i use partition magic to create two partitions and of 10 gb for the os and the rest for random data but the problem is with the ******* windows i go to proterties and i see a wrong free space in the second partition windows say that i got 54 gb used http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troublesooting.GIF but that is not true!! look http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting3.GIF that all my data in that partition and other thing i got 200gb so if i use 10 for one partition i suppose to have 190 in the second right? so look http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting2.GIF and when i use partition magic to look my space he says that i got 55 used and 129 free , and 184 in that partition http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting4.GIF so i dont know what trust i already scan my pc with like 9 diferent antivirus looking for virus ,trojan or something like that but nothing i used windows scan disk and nothing i dont know what to do... Reply With Quote |
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Window is stealing my HD size
Fatso wrote:
hi to everyone and sorry for the engrish , but i really need help with my hd so here is the problem i buy a new hd 200gb maxtor , and i use partition magic to create two partitions and of 10 gb for the os and the rest for random data but the problem is with the ******* windows i go to proterties and i see a wrong free space in the second partition windows say that i got 54 gb used http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troublesooting.GIF but that is not true!! look http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting3.GIF that all my data in that partition and other thing i got 200gb so if i use 10 for one partition i suppose to have 190 in the second right? Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes so look http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting2.GIF Thats fine. and when i use partition magic to look my space he says that i got 55 used and 129 free , and 184 in that partition http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting4.GIF so i dont know what trust Just accept that the numbers are fine. i already scan my pc with like 9 diferent antivirus looking for virus ,trojan or something like that but nothing i used windows scan disk and nothing i dont know what to do... Just accept that the numbers are fine. |
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:42:03 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote: Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes -- When you hear the toilet flush, and hear the words "uh oh", it's already too late. - by anonymous Mother in Austin, TX Spam block in place, no emil reply is expected at all. |
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Window is stealing my HD size
Impmon wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:42:03 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? Any such lawsuit is doomed to fail, as the method of measurement for CRTs (in the US anyway) is prescribed by statute or regulation (I forget which now) and the manufacturers have no choice in the matter. I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes No doubt someone has tried it. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Window is stealing my HD size
Previously Fatso wrote:
hi to everyone and sorry for the engrish , but i really need help with my hd so here is the problem i buy a new hd 200gb maxtor , and i use partition magic to create two partitions and of 10 gb for the os and the rest for random data but the problem is with the ******* windows i go to proterties and i see a wrong free space in the second partition windows say that i got 54 gb used http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troublesooting.GIF but that is not true!! look http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting3.GIF that all my data in that partition and other thing i got 200gb so if i use 10 for one partition i suppose to have 190 in the second right? so look http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting2.GIF and when i use partition magic to look my space he says that i got 55 used and 129 free , and 184 in that partition http://ciudad.latinol.com//neko008/troubleshooting4.GIF so i dont know what trust i already scan my pc with like 9 diferent antivirus looking for virus ,trojan or something like that but nothing i used windows scan disk and nothing i dont know what to do... Reply With Quote |
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Window is stealing my HD size
Previously Impmon wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:42:03 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes Well, good luck, since the drive manufacturers are only doing what the law requires. The legal units and prefixes for measurements are the SI prefixes. Check the law, if you do not believe me. RAM sizes, e.g., are not measurements, they are size-clases. That is the reason RAM manufacturers get away with their mis-labeling. Arno |
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Window is stealing my HD size
Previously J. Clarke wrote:
Impmon wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:42:03 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? Any such lawsuit is doomed to fail, as the method of measurement for CRTs (in the US anyway) is prescribed by statute or regulation (I forget which now) and the manufacturers have no choice in the matter. I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes No doubt someone has tried it. As the law requires SI units and prefixes, this is entirely futile. Arno |
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Window is stealing my HD size
Impmon wrote
Rod Speed wrote Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Trouble is that they match fine with hard drives. The hard drive data sheets make it clear that decimal GBs are being used, and that is in fact the ISO standard too, so the manufacturers are completely bullet proof on that. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes actually. Thats all they have to do, and its the ISO standard anyway. |
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Window is stealing my HD size
Arno Wagner wrote:
Previously J. Clarke wrote: Impmon wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:42:03 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? Any such lawsuit is doomed to fail, as the method of measurement for CRTs (in the US anyway) is prescribed by statute or regulation (I forget which now) and the manufacturers have no choice in the matter. I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes No doubt someone has tried it. As the law requires SI units and prefixes, this is entirely futile. What law where? -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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J. Clarke wrote:
As the law requires SI units and prefixes, this is entirely futile. What law where? http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/...ric-conv.html: "The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (later amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, the Savings in Construction Act of 1996, and the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004) designated the metric system as the preferred system of weights and measures for US trade and commerce, and directed federal agencies to convert to the metric system, to the extent feasible, including the use of metric in construction of federal facilities." "Sec. 205b. Declaration of policy It is therefore the declared policy of the United States-- [...] (2) to require that each Federal agency, by a date certain and to the extent economically feasible by the end of the fiscal year 1992, use the metric system of measurement in its procurements, grants, and other business-related activities, except to the extent that such use is impractical or is likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to United States firms, such as when foreign competitors are producing competing products in non- metric units; [...]" Federal agencies are by law required to deal in SI units. Part of the SI are the decimal prefixes (like k,M,G etc). See also the NIST publications about the SI -- there are some quite good ones. Start he http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/introduction.html. Also interesting in this context may be this: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html -- even though it seems the involved industries at large would rather remain in the never ending confusion as to whether a k means 1000 or 1024 than to standardize on anything else for 1024. If you think this isn't a problem, you probably have never worked between computer programmers (used to the 1024 meaning, like in a "kilobyte") and communication engineers (used to the 1000 meaning, like in "kbps" or "kilobits per second"). More of the same: http://meta.ath0.com/articles/2005/0...lea-for-sanity Some more about metrication in the USA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrica..._United_States http://hpcrd.lbl.gov/staff/olken/metrication.htm Gerhard |
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