Hmm why does my computer say that i have 415 GB of memory but if i look on the HDD then there is 500 GB there is the 85 GB gone?
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Jump to PostHmm why does my computer say that i have 415 GB of memory but if i look on the HDD then there is 500 GB there is the 85 GB gone?
the bigger # is before formatting the drive ,the lower # after the format ! and that ,that
Jump to PostNO, it's not got to do with formatting (that's what we all kept saying when HDs were in the 10-40MB range.)
It's got to do with how the "Gigabytes" are counted up. The operating system is using a value based on base 2 approximations, while the guy that wrote …
Jump to PostIs it a brand name PC, Like Compaq, HP , Toshiba, Dell or so, then they usually use an extra partition to do a recovery console and it varies the size that they use for the recovery.
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