Puzzling HD stats

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I have two HDs, a Maxtor 60g SATA and WD 80g IDE, with the Maxtor as
the C: (boot) drive and the WD as D:. When I view the properties of
the HDs the Maxtor 60g shows a capacity of 80g (74.5g) and the WD 61g
(57.2g). Has my puter gotten confused?

Thanks.
SG
 
shegeek72 said:
I have two HDs, a Maxtor 60g SATA and WD 80g IDE, with the
Maxtor as the C: (boot) drive and the WD as D:. When I view
the properties of the HDs the Maxtor 60g shows a capacity of
80g (74.5g) and the WD 61g (57.2g). Has my puter gotten confused?
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The most obvious possibility is that its been you that is confused all
along and that they arent the way you say they are in the first sentence.
 
Rod said:
The most obvious possibility is that its been you that is confused all
along and that they arent the way you say they are in the first sentence.
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Assuming you're not making a joke, no. I've checked several times,
including looking at the file structure on each to make sure I'm on the
right HD. Also, in one diagnostic program (I've downloaded and tried
several over the last few days, so I don't know which one, atm) it
correctly listed the HD capacities. This seems to indicate it's a
Windows' problem.

SG
 
shegeek72 said:
Rod Speed wrote
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Assuming you're not making a joke,
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Corse I'm not.
no.
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We'll see...
I've checked several times, including looking at the file
structure on each to make sure I'm on the right HD.
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Separate issue entirely to what letter it has.
Also, in one diagnostic program (I've downloaded and
tried several over the last few days, so I don't know
which one, atm) it correctly listed the HD capacities.
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Then most likely you are just getting confused
about which is the boot drive and which isnt.
This seems to indicate it's a Windows' problem.
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Its MUCH more likely to be your problem.

Which version of Win are you using ?

If its XP, see what it shows in Disk Management for the drives.
 
Previously shegeek72 said:
the C: (boot) drive and the WD as D:. When I view the properties of
the HDs the Maxtor 60g shows a capacity of 80g (74.5g) and the WD 61g
(57.2g). Has my puter gotten confused?
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What do you use to view these properties?

Arno
 
shegeek72 said:
My Computer --> Right-click on HD --> Properties

For you doubting Thomas's, here are screen shots showing the
discrepancies:
http://users4.ev1.net/~taragem/hdprops.htm

SG
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What your screenshots are showing do not necessarily indicate anything
other than that drive D is 61GB and drive C is 80GB.

They do not indicate which channels the drives are on.

You need to go to control panel -> administrative tools -> computer
management -> disk management.

This will show you what you have.


Odie
 
shegeek72 said:
Arno Wagner wrote
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My Computer --> Right-click on HD --> Properties
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For you doubting Thomas's, here are screen shots showing the discrepancies:
http://users4.ev1.net/~taragem/hdprops.htm
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No 'discrepancy' whatever, like I said, you're the one confused,
its always booted from the D drive, not the C drive you claimed.

That screen shot doesnt say what the boot drive is, you
need to check that in Disk Management or the boot.ini
or by looking at the contents of the drives in Explorer.
 
Rod said:
No thanks for your silly stunt when you refused to
believe that it was you that was confused all along.
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It was no such thing. I may not have your knowledge and stand
corrected. However, when someone comes to me with a question about
something I know more about I certainly don't insult them, as you did.

SG
 
shegeek72 said:
My Computer --> Right-click on HD --> Properties

For you doubting Thomas's, here are screen shots showing the
discrepancies:
http://users4.ev1.net/~taragem/hdprops.htm

SG
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Let me guess, there are 5 devices in that hardware tab display
and the display is correct for only one 1 drive letter.
Let me guess again, it is the drive letter that corresponds with
the first device in the row for that display.
For most people this would give them a clue about what that hard-
ware tab is about (ie nothing whatsoever to do with the drive letter).
 
shegeek72 said:
Rod Speed wrote
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It was no such thing.
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Corse it was. You initially about your computer getting
confused, when it was pointed out that it was you that was
confused, you tried that silly line about 'doubting thomases' and
just made an even more spectacular fool of yourself yet again.
I may not have your knowledge
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No may not about it.
and stand corrected. However, when someone comes to me with a question
about something I know more about I certainly don't insult them, as you did.
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You're lying now. I JUST said that it was you that was confused, not your
computer.

You get to like that or lump it.
 
Rod said:
Corse it was. You initially about your computer getting
confused, when it was pointed out that it was you that was
confused, you tried that silly line about 'doubting thomases' and
just made an even more spectacular fool of yourself yet again.


No may not about it.


You're lying now. I JUST said that it was you that was confused, not your
computer.

You get to like that or lump it.
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I guess every newsgroup has to have an obnoxious, condescending
know-it-all...

SG
 
Rod said:
Corse that aint anything like an attempt at an insult eh ?
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Just calling a spade a spade. Everyone else was nice -- you were the
only one who was insulting.

SG
 
Folkert said:
Let me guess, there are 5 devices in that hardware tab display
and the display is correct for only one 1 drive letter.
Let me guess again, it is the drive letter that corresponds with
the first device in the row for that display.
For most people this would give them a clue about what that hard-
ware tab is about (ie nothing whatsoever to do with the drive letter).
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What I didn't understand was D: drive was the boot. When I reinstalled
win XP I thought the boot drive was C:. Also, when I clicked on the
hardware tab in D: drive properties the Maxtor drive was highlighted
even though it was a Western Digital.

SG
 
shegeek72 said:
Folkert Rienstra wrote
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What I didn't understand was D: drive was the boot.
When I reinstalled win XP I thought the boot drive was C:.
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That's the way XP does it if you dont reinstall on the partition
it was previously installed and format that partition.
Also, when I clicked on the hardware tab in D: drive properties the
Maxtor drive was highlighted even though it was a Western Digital.
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You should have noticed that the Maxtor was highlighted regardless
of which letter drive you selected the drive propertys tab of.
 
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