i have this problem...i have a p3 PC and i am using Win XP Proffesional.Now yesterday i got a new HDD ( Maxtor 80 Gb 7200 rpm). My problem is that when i enter to windows it displays only 76.3 Gb. Why it don't display 80 gb. How can i resolve this problem ??? Help please...

Hard drive manufacturers and Microsoft happen to think a megabyte differ in size: Binary megabyte = 1.028,576 bytes Decimal megabyte = 1,000,000 bytes Your BIOS (and hard drive manufacturers) reports in Binary, Windows and Windows applications (in the main) report in Decimal. It's not a big difference, but when you take 80 gig it knocks nearly 4 off. I don't suffer from insanity, I embrace it.

http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/megabyte.htm 1,048,578 x 76.3 = 80

yep lucky you didnt buy a 120 gig drive. i got robbed of even more. lol Lucky thay stoped the BS over screen size with tft screens no more 15.7inch 17inch screens

ok i understand the problem... But is there any way to resolve this problem or... the 4 gb are off...Plase give me an answer...

enton, your problem has already been answered: the makers of the HardDisk sell it as a 80Gb drive because they calculate the space on it differently. Their calculation will produce a slightly higher number, so that's what they use. Your 80Gb is actually a 76,3Gb Drive and that's completely normal. ___________________________________________ ☺ [Belgium, GMT+1]_________________________svg

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