Missing drive space

[glennsimo]

Just bought an RS406 with what is supposedly a 160 GB hard drive. When I checked, it was only 147 and that includes the space used for the pre installed software. Has anyone else got the same problem?

[robpaxton]

It's not a problem - some space is taken by the directory structure, some by the allocation tables. Also hard drive makers have their own definition of a gigabyte.

What you can see is perfectly normal.

[glennsimo]

Sorry Rob I dont see that as being perfectly normal, what you see is obviously not what you get. The PC I replaced did what it said on the tin. They are obviously a bit more honest than Sony about what's available when you buy their products.

[robpaxton]

It's not just Sony, all PC manufacturers give the raw unformatted hard disk capacity - and the hard disk capacity is given to them by the hard drive makers. It was less noticable with smaller drives.

[kee-lo_]

LOL Rob's right, it's the hard disk manufactur's view of what a gigabyte is.
You're missing no space.

[glennsimo]

Fair enough, your right the disc was much smaller on the other PC. Doesn't stop you getting p****d though. However I am impressed by the machine itself, it is quality.

[stevep-4]

1.44mb floppies are actually about 2.1mb before they are formatted. Probably the same applies to hard drives

[marcdekker]

Just to hook in on the topic...
Just to be informative...
HDD Firms sell HDD's in an other specification than what you think in.
They release a HDD based on 1 MB = 1000 KB
But in our topology 1 MB = 1024 KB

Make a sum:
147 * 1024 * 1024 = 154140672 KB
(HDD Size * 1024 * 1024 = TOTAl KB)
Give or take some size falls away by formatting
(my 60 GB is actually => 55,8 GB)

Conclusion...it is perfectly normal that the size of your HDD is actually smaller.

Regards,
MD

[chuckalicious]

Bingo
I think you'd be hard pushed to fill 147Gb legally anyway

[tellingd]

That's a fair point

Of course, he may be a freelance video cameraman