M megametalgreymon Nov 20, 2002 #41 Originally posted by BJammzz@Nov. 20 2002, 12:51 am It says on blocks free. Do I have a 8gig HD but it shows 5 gig usable? Click to expand... thats blocks free, and it probabbly says 50,000+ like mine does that doesnt mean anything without knowing the block size first
Originally posted by BJammzz@Nov. 20 2002, 12:51 am It says on blocks free. Do I have a 8gig HD but it shows 5 gig usable? Click to expand... thats blocks free, and it probabbly says 50,000+ like mine does that doesnt mean anything without knowing the block size first
E ExCyber Staff member Nov 20, 2002 #42 No, he's right: that's about 5 gigs. That's not the whole drive though. The drive is split into multiple partitions something like: C: 500MB E: 5GB X: 768MB Y: 768MB Z: 768MB A 10GB drive (Seagate) can have a partition added with 2GB extra; this is typically mapped as F:
No, he's right: that's about 5 gigs. That's not the whole drive though. The drive is split into multiple partitions something like: C: 500MB E: 5GB X: 768MB Y: 768MB Z: 768MB A 10GB drive (Seagate) can have a partition added with 2GB extra; this is typically mapped as F:
