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hard drive room
Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 5:03 pm
Posted by phycojoe
(33 messages posted)
is there something wrong with my external hard drive it is suppose to be 120gb but
when i look at the properties it says it is only 111gb. it is a fat32 format and
im using it on a xp sp2 home edition. if i convert it to ntfs will that make it
what it is suppose to be?
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re: hard drive room
Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 5:09 pm
Posted by Falcon
(13489 messages posted)
120*1000*1000*1000 = 120,000,000,000 bytes, Drive Manufacturer
120,000,000,000/1024/1024/1024 = 111 GB, Operating System
 Malware
Removal
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re: hard drive room
Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 6:16 pm
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8787 messages posted)
Falcon gives you the math but for clarification, drive makers use decimal math to
calculate drive size computers use binary math to do it
You are getting the full drive size, here is some further reading on the topic http://www.pcguide.com/intro/fun/bindec-c.html
Regards, Adam Bradley
On Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 5:03 pm, phycojoe wrote:
>is there something wrong with my external hard drive it is suppose to be 120gb but
>when i look at the properties it says it is only 111gb. it is a fat32 format and
>im using it on a xp sp2 home edition. if i convert it to ntfs will that make it
>what it is suppose to be?
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And...
Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 6:21 pm
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8787 messages posted)
Unless you know how to deal with NTFS security don’t even think about converting
it to NTFS
Regards, Adam Bradley
On Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 5:03 pm, phycojoe wrote:
>is there something wrong with my external hard drive it is suppose to be 120gb but
>when i look at the properties it says it is only 111gb. it is a fat32 format and
>im using it on a xp sp2 home edition. if i convert it to ntfs will that make it
>what it is suppose to be?
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re: hard drive room
Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 8:58 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
It is what it's supposed to be. You will gain nothing by convering it to NTFS....
except maybe a few more headaches.
On Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 5:03 pm, phycojoe wrote:
>is there something wrong with my external hard drive it is suppose to be 120gb but
>when i look at the properties it says it is only 111gb. it is a fat32 format and
>im using it on a xp sp2 home edition. if i convert it to ntfs will that make it
>what it is suppose to be?
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re: hard drive room
Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 9:32 pm
Posted by phycojoe
(33 messages posted)
ok i get it now thanks for all the help
On Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 8:58 pm, Ricer46 wrote:
>It is what it's supposed to be. You will gain nothing by convering it to NTFS....
>except maybe a few more headaches.
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