HDD not showing full space...

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RufusW

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Hey,

I've just installed a new 250gig HDD for video footage. Now, looking at the 'properties' of all the folders I've got stored on it there's 215gig used. However, when looking at the properties of the file itself it says I've used 244gig. How come there's such a big discrepency? I understand a few gigs for the patitioning...

It's NTFS...

Also wondering, there's an option to compress the drive - will that change anything on there - the quality of the video etc...? Will it save much space? Also, when setting up the drive it was set up as a 'Dynamic drive' - as opposed to a 'basic' one. Does this make any difference? Can I now change it back to 'basic' without losing any of the files?

Keep getting stuck on small things unfortunately...

Any help much appreciated :)

Rufus
 
drives always have space 'missing' its either being used by windows for the pagefile or for recovery
 
when setting up the drive it was set up as a 'Dynamic drive'
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uh oh ... not a thing you should need to do ... Why?

DO NOT compress the drive ... why MS still bundle that I don't know.
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Can I now change it back to 'basic' without losing any of the files?
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Nope! :(



Now you'll just have to post the spec of the system ... ;)
 
okay, you kinda got me worried with the whole dynamic drive thingy....

I'm running a
P4 3.0
Asus P5ND2 mobo
XFX 6600GT
3.0 G RAM
2* 250G Samsung Spinpoint HDD's

So what's so bad about dynamic drives.

And I wouldn't expect it to be missing that much storage space..

thanks for the replies

Rufus
 
Sorry Rufus, my mistake ... :o

I read 'dynamic overlay', a thing of the past, I hope ... tiered eyes. :D


As for HD missing space ... it ain't.

Manufacturers have been playing the numbers game for years ... in fact, there is a 'class action law suite' going on in the US ... :rolleyes:
 
so my 250gig HDD is more like 223gig...Hmmm....hope they win.

Thanks for the replies guys, bit annoyed but hey ho...

Rufus
 
250GB from a drive manufacturers point of view is 250,000,000,000 Bytes which you would think was right.
But due to computers counting in binary and therefore 1024Bytes=1KB, 1024KB=1MB, and 1024MB=1GB, the drive manufacturers figures appear to be more than the actual drive, most manufacturers will now state on their packaging or instructions (in small print) whether they count 1KB as 1000B or 1024B.
 
TriplexDread said:
In other words we lose out, always!
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No ... I have an 80gig that actually shows up as an 81gig when installed.

;)
 
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