Looking for freeware program to display actual HD size...

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Hi:

I am looking a freeware program that will show the actual HD size...

TIA
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if windows.
my computer -> right click C drive -> Properties

Just in case. A 80 GIG HD is 74.5 GIG useable space the
missing 5.5 GIG is the file system (FAT32, NTFS, etc). If
you are worried about being taken advantage from a PC store.

HTH
slippery
 
slippery said:
if windows.
my computer -> right click C drive -> Properties

Just in case. A 80 GIG HD is 74.5 GIG useable space the
missing 5.5 GIG is the file system (FAT32, NTFS, etc). If
you are worried about being taken advantage from a PC store.

HTH
slippery
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Thanks but I needed more detail... within windows you have only an
approximation. Anyways I found one at Terabyteunlimited. Serves my purpose.

Regards
 
Thanks but I needed more detail... within windows you have only an
approximation. Anyways I found one at Terabyteunlimited. Serves my purpose.

Regards
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Simply run CHKDSK from the command prompt. The first number will be
the exact size of the drives unformatted size in KB:

8393930 KB total disk space.
1902928 KB in 8095 files.
2228 KB in 703 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
55834 KB in use by the system.
44032 KB occupied by the log file.
6432940 KB available on disk.

While CHKDSK shows the size to be 83.93 GB, Windows Explorer shows the
formatted size minus system files as 74.55 GB for the same drive.
 
Thanks...


Thanks but I needed more detail... within windows you have only an
approximation. Anyways I found one at Terabyteunlimited. Serves my purpose.

Regards
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Simply run CHKDSK from the command prompt. The first number will be
the exact size of the drives unformatted size in KB:

8393930 KB total disk space.
1902928 KB in 8095 files.
2228 KB in 703 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
55834 KB in use by the system.
44032 KB occupied by the log file.
6432940 KB available on disk.

While CHKDSK shows the size to be 83.93 GB, Windows Explorer shows the
formatted size minus system files as 74.55 GB for the same drive.
 
Simply run CHKDSK from the command prompt. The first number will be
the exact size of the drives unformatted size in KB:

8393930 KB total disk space.
1902928 KB in 8095 files.
2228 KB in 703 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
55834 KB in use by the system.
44032 KB occupied by the log file.
6432940 KB available on disk.

While CHKDSK shows the size to be 83.93 GB, Windows Explorer shows the
formatted size minus system files as 74.55 GB for the same drive.
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chkdsk quite nifty.
In XP (right click c drive -> properties) also shows the
drive size in Bytes and GigaBytes.

Be careful about moving decimal points with bits, Bytes,
Gigabytes etc. you may want to use a program like Convert
http://www.joshmadison.com/software for more accurate
conversions. A clasic example is the 4.7 Gig DVD rom which
realy is 4482 MB or 4,700,000,000 Bytes. So move the decimal
point a few places to the left 4.7 Gig was born offering a
..323 Gig of phantom space.

slippery
 
chkdsk quite nifty.
In XP (right click c drive -> properties) also shows the
drive size in Bytes and GigaBytes.

Be careful about moving decimal points with bits, Bytes,
Gigabytes etc. you may want to use a program like Convert
http://www.joshmadison.com/software for more accurate
conversions. A clasic example is the 4.7 Gig DVD rom which
realy is 4482 MB or 4,700,000,000 Bytes. So move the decimal
point a few places to the left 4.7 Gig was born offering a
.323 Gig of phantom space.

slippery
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I would also note that my reference to the size in KB being 83.93 GB
is in hard drive manufacturers gigabytes which are 1000 KB. Humans, on
the otherhand, measure gigabytes as 1024 KB. So, copy the size into
Calculator and divide by 1.024. 83.93 GB. manufacturers size = 81.97
actual size. A big thumbs up to Samsung for making this 80 GB hard
drive that really is 80 GB and a little extra, even.
 
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