How to recover 2 GB space that HDD takes

[choudang]

as all we know that if we have a 40 GB HDD, we will get 38GB and in 80GB, we get 76GB of space.

so. can we recover that 2GB space from the HDD and use them? is there any method to use that space? or ny s/w.

[theraven]

omg what is WRONG WITH U! ????
windows sees 1mb = 1024 kb
and 1gb = 1024 mb

but hard disk maufacturers rate according to 1 mb = 1000kb and 1gb = 1000mb
theres no loss of space here

[choudang]

thats why we get....

Model: XXXXXXXXX
cap: 40GB
Sp: 38.x GB

[Techie_Geek]

dude 40GB HDD

=40,000,000,000 bytes

=39062500 KB

=38146.97 MB

=37.25 GB

and thats wat u get

[__Virus__]

Dont think that 2 will make diff....

[TechGuru#1]

Now WHAT should a 250Gb disk get as the ACTUAL Space(using the same logic) ?

[Kniwor]

232.830644

that is what one should get and that is what i get on my 250Gb

[theraven]

couldnt u calculate that on ur own techguru?

[chesss]

So its actually a 38gb drive wrongly stated as a 40gb one. Right?
So maybe its possible to sue a harddisk manufacturer in the consumer forum! and earn some cash

[choudang]

i think so, cuz they said 40 GB but, if we calculated technically.. its not 40 GB

[siriusb]

No you can't sue them. The HDD manufacturers are using the decimal giga, whereas what you are talking about is the binary giga. It is confusing because ram manufacturers and s/w companies use the binary giga. Believe me, if this was a sue-able point, the americans would've made sure of bankrupting the companies first.

I also heard ntfs reserves around 12.5% of partition space for it's MFT. So that's shud be a loss of usable hdd space too.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by siriusb

No you can't sue them. The HDD manufacturers are using the decimal giga, whereas what you are talking about is the binary giga. It is confusing because ram manufacturers and s/w companies use the binary giga. Believe me, if this was a sue-able point, the americans would've made sure of bankrupting the companies first.

I also heard ntfs reserves around 12.5% of partition space for it's MFT. So that's shud be a loss of usable hdd space too.

My 80 GB HDD is NTFS partitioned and its three partitions total to 76.6 GB.

V.Prem Kumar

[siriusb]

janitha/prem kumar,
I do't know much about it, but I believe this reserved space is not used until other parts of the hdd is filled with data first. Much like the 10 (or 20?)% reserved bandwidth for qos.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by siriusb

janitha/prem kumar,
I do't know much about it, but I believe this reserved space is not used until other parts of the hdd is filled with data first. Much like the 10 (or 20?)% reserved bandwidth for qos.

I also know even less about it, I just stated the capacity as shown in the Windows so that somebody will clarify further about your observation.

with regards,
V.Prem kumar