Welcome to Vista Banter. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and access our other FREE features. By joining our free community you will have access to ask questions and reply to others posts, upload your own photos and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact support. |
|
Hardware and Windows Vista Hardware issues in relation to Windows Vista. (microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices) |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|||
Missing space on HD; adding new HD
"My Computer" says that I have two hard drive partitions: System with
a total size of 92.6 GB and Data with a total size of 44.3 GB. But the hard drive is of 160 GB. Where is the 23.1 GB? Is there a reason other than that the computer manufacturer left the space empty? Not related: After adding a new hard drive, should Vista automatically recognize a fairly new Western Digital HD after booting? It didn't - shouldn't connecting any available SATA data and power slots between the HD and the motherboard/PSU be enough? |
|
|||
Missing space on HD; adding new HD
Check in Disk Management. There is probably a recovery partition.
You need to initialise, partition and format the new disk in Disk Management. "Computer" will only list partitions that have been created. It does not show unformatted disks or unused space on a disk. "Pekka Numminen" wrote in message ... "My Computer" says that I have two hard drive partitions: System with a total size of 92.6 GB and Data with a total size of 44.3 GB. But the hard drive is of 160 GB. Where is the 23.1 GB? Is there a reason other than that the computer manufacturer left the space empty? Not related: After adding a new hard drive, should Vista automatically recognize a fairly new Western Digital HD after booting? It didn't - shouldn't connecting any available SATA data and power slots between the HD and the motherboard/PSU be enough? |
|
|||
Missing space on HD; adding new HD
Hi,
Part of difference is that hard drive manufacturers specify the drive in decimal (160GB) while the computer sees binary (149 GB) -- Paul "Pekka Numminen" wrote: "My Computer" says that I have two hard drive partitions: System with a total size of 92.6 GB and Data with a total size of 44.3 GB. But the hard drive is of 160 GB. Where is the 23.1 GB? Is there a reason other than that the computer manufacturer left the space empty? Not related: After adding a new hard drive, should Vista automatically recognize a fairly new Western Digital HD after booting? It didn't - shouldn't connecting any available SATA data and power slots between the HD and the motherboard/PSU be enough? |