missing harddisk space

[harshit099]

i recently formatted and reinstalled xp on my pc by 2 different pc vendors.
i find that each time my harddisk shows less 3 gb of space. so where is this missing space and how can i recover this space. please suggest a software for this.

[TheHumanBot]

can you explain it bit more.

[CA50]

##link not found...
##error!!! required parameters not found...
##dumping core...

[harshit099]

my 80 gb harddisk is showing only 74 gb space.

[TheHumanBot]

thats normal. u dont get full space.
i forgot reasons for that wait till someone post it.

[CA50]

as vishalgmistry has mention ts true that you will not find 80gb in a 80gb HDD, coz computer uses 1024 for conversion of sizes
for example according to computer
1TB=1024GB
1GB=1024MB
and so on...

but during manufacturing process, the conversion calculation is done using 1000 as multiplier
so accouding to them
1TB=1000GB
1GB=1000MB
and so on...

So in your case, you have got 80Gb HDD. 80x1000x1000x1000 bytes=80000000000 bytes (manufacturing method) but in reality, you have (80000000000/(1024*1024*1024))=80000000000/1073741824=74.50580 gb

hope my calculations are correct

[TheHumanBot]

thanks dude.
now i know.

[CA50]

okay mate.