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Apr 3 2017 05:52pm

Quote (ZwiX @ Apr 3 2017 05:32pm)

Simply not true :O
Windows shows Gibibyte instead of Gigabyte.
80gb = 75.5gib. Sure a few 100MB is reserved for system but not why it doesn't add up.

80GB hard drive would be reported by the operating system as 74.5GB.
80,0000,0000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 74.5GB

or is my math wrong?

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Apr 4 2017 08:36am

Quote (ZwiX @ Apr 3 2017 03:32pm)

Simply not true :O
Windows shows Gibibyte instead of Gigabyte.
80gb = 75.5gib. Sure a few 100MB is reserved for system but not why it doesn't add up.

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Apr 4 2017 08:56am

That laptop comes with a 500gb harddrive

maybe you deleted the partition on accident

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/hard-drive-partition-has-disappeared/1e062634-1a78-4097-b833-6832819a45d9

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Apr 4 2017 01:28pm

Quote (King Atrhur @ 4 Apr 2017 00:52)

80GB hard drive would be reported by the operating system as 74.5GB.
80,0000,0000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 74.5GB

or is my math wrong?

Damn it typo 74.5GB*

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Apr 4 2017 02:20pm

Quote (ZwiX @ Apr 4 2017 02:28pm)

Damn it typo 74.5GB*

If if you claim it was a typo it still does not explain how you say it don't add up.
It totally adds up correctly or did you miss the part where it is in fact a 80gb drive.

Quote (t9x @ Apr 4 2017 09:56am)

what it comes with and what it has is a different matter
Only time I've ever seen a partition not show up in windows is when its a bad drive or its in a ext2 format or another odd format.
Even still we know for a fact the drive is a 80gb HD so it pointless to even suggest otherwise.

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