(sorry capsZ)SticksandStones said:When it says 2.75 useable, does it say "useable" or "free"? There is a difference. Also: where does it say this. What's likely happening is Windows is reporting only the unused memory on your computer.
For the hard drive: It was most likely partitioned into two partitions: a small one that contains restoration data, and another one with everything installed onto it. The 197 usable is after OS and software installation.
dlgoff said:My HD is about 233 GB and about 15 GB is for recovery.
sportsstar469 said:(sorry capsZ)
YEAH BUT WHY IS IT ONLY A 220 GB SIZE WHEN I SHOULD BE GETTING 250?
rootX said:If you want to, you can reinstall (format everything and delete all the partitions) to get some more GB/find out the exact size.
P.S. HD = hard drive
Sorry! said:I've never had one that held perfectly the amount anyways.
Sorry! said:Yeah that's the only way to do it. Remember though you're HD doesn't exactly hold that much information... I've never had one that held perfectly the amount anyways.
As for the RAM that happens normally when you mix ram chips together. Normally if you want to do that you should buy 'dual'.
Check your BIOS to make sure though it SHOULD say the correct amount there.
CRGreathouse said:One factor to keep in mind is that hard drive manufactures report sizes in metric (1 kB = 1000 B) while most OSs report them in binary units (1 kB = 1024 B).*
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