Hard disk size showing incorrectly

Discussion in 'Laptop Hardware' started by scooble, Sep 9, 2008.

  1. scooble

    scooble

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    I purchased a 120gb version, however, when I look at the hard drive info using the hard drive application GParted or QTParted, it appears as two drives;
    /dev/sda1 which is 110.78 GB and
    /dev/sda2 which appears as 1.00 GB.

    I understand that there is supposed to be a hidden partition for D2D recovery, but I cant even see it. Could this be where the missing space is?
    if so, how do I make in viewable in Linpus?
     
    scooble, Sep 9, 2008
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    goofball

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    That is the correct size. Do a google search and you will see that 120GB is not 120 000 000 bytes as you expect. One is in binary, the other is listed in decimal.
     
    goofball, Sep 10, 2008
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