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500GB disk only shows 250GB
Name: Boomer25 Date: December 6, 2004 at 17:12:18 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: 3.08GhZIntel/1GB
Comment:
Just installed a brand new LaCie 500GB Big Disk external Firewire400 disk. Formatted it NTFS, defaulted to largest partition size, did not enable file/folder compression. It works fine, but when I right click it and hit "properties" it shows as only half empty and half used. Moved a couple of large files over & deleted 'em....no change. Tried to extend the partition from the command line, but it says "no can do". In the Computer Management utility, it shows as a 467.52GB device (looks good to me), but when you dive deeper, still says it's half used.
Is this a limitation in the properties return? I.E. is it really all there and the properties info cannot accept that size of a partition? Or have I somehow hammered this thing? Any ideas/observations would be most appreciated!
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: December 6, 2004 at 18:28:09 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure you have Show hidden files and folders enabled and check the contents of the drive again. I know that Norton Utilities will "protect" files which will make a drive have less space than it would appear. If you have Norton Utilities, right-click your recycle bin and select Empty Norton Protected files.
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: Boomer25 Date: December 6, 2004 at 19:16:55 Pacific
Reply:
Nope, no Norton, I'm afraid, and yes, show hidden is enabled. BTW, I'm using SP1, NOT SP2, fyi. Still very confused....unhappy....DISAPPOINTED! :(
JD
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Response Number 3
Name: Chuck 2 Date: December 7, 2004 at 04:03:52 Pacific
Reply:
Check the Disk manufacturer's website for any issues with it.
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Response Number 4
Name: FJB Date: December 7, 2004 at 18:23:49 Pacific
Reply:
I may be way off on this But you might check the BIOS and see if it has the LBA option
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