topic Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30403#M92986 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for your kind replies <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:42:05 GMT Stephieboy 2006-07-01T13:42:05Z VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30395#M92983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi just got the notebook a couple of days ago &amp; was told it had 80GB. Upon checking, my one seems to have totals of 37.2 GB on the C drive &amp; 30.2 GB on the D.<BR />Is there something wrong with my maths because I make that a total combined of 67.4 GB???:smileyconfused:<BR />Any help gratefully received.<BR />Ta.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:53:53 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30395#M92983 Stephieboy 2006-07-01T08:53:53Z Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30398#M92984 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i use fs285 and my harddisk is 80gb.<BR />first of all everything is normal.<BR />on production they took an area to recovery and this area nearly 6 gb.<BR />80 gb means 80.000.000 byte<BR />but 1024 byte = 1 mb<BR />1024 mb = 1gb<BR />so if you would use a desktop computer with 80 gb harddisk you saw nearly 76 gb.<BR /> you can erase the recovery partition but i don't offer you to do this.with this partition you can recover your computer without recovery dvd.(sorry for bad english)<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:52:48 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30398#M92984 alperthegreat 2006-07-01T09:52:48Z Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30401#M92985 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Stephieboy,<BR /><BR />Welcome to Club Vaio, <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /> <BR /><BR />No there is nothing wrong with your maths, windows calculates the drive size after formating, etc differently to the way manufactures report hard drive sizes. <BR /><BR />You have a 37.2GB on C and 30.2GB on D but also another 7.5GB has been used for the hidden HDDR system, this gives you a total of 74.9GB.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:56:28 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30401#M92985 Thalamus. 2006-07-01T09:56:28Z Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30403#M92986 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for your kind replies <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:42:05 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30403#M92986 Stephieboy 2006-07-01T13:42:05Z Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30406#M92987 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>P.S<BR />Why do the drives come as partitioned?<BR />Do you guys re-configure them or leave the HD's split?<BR />Ta<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:44:40 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30406#M92987 Stephieboy 2006-07-01T13:44:40Z Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30410#M92988 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Stephieboy,<BR /><BR />The drives come partitioned I guess so that any important files can be stored on the D drive, then should you need to recover your Vaio you simply restore the C drive only..:smileyhappy:<BR /><BR />I have not changed the size of my partitions, but some forum members have, it's a matter of choice really..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:04:20 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30410#M92988 Thalamus. 2006-07-01T14:04:20Z Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30412#M92989 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Cheers 4 that<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:49:30 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30412#M92989 Stephieboy 2006-07-01T15:49:30Z Re: VGN FS515B Hard drive size??? https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30413#M92990 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You're welcome Stephieboy <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:10:04 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-fs515b-hard-drive-size/m-p/30413#M92990 Thalamus. 2006-07-01T19:10:04Z