HELP

[filefeeder]

Guys, im really frustrated... ive got a 250 gig hd in pc (runing xp), it allows me 233gig of space, ive just deleted like 5 4.7gig images and yet it hasnt given me any disc space - still shows the same freespace - PLEASE HELP!! before i pull out my remaining few hairs

[Bob W]

Empty the recycle bin and if you have Norton systemWorks installed you should delete the "Norton protected files".

[Dennis1968]

rarely i have to reboot to get the free space reported back properly. XP Pro here.

[poopyhead]

250 GB hdd???

almost every new hdd states its space in terms of GB=1,000 MB

normally, GB=1024 MB.

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so......250 GB hdd = 250,000 MB, since actually GB=1024 MB...

250,000/1024 = 244 GB actual hdd size

[Baldrick]

233 GB is correct. They use 1000 instead of 1024 as poopyhead explains, but you must start dividing from the bytes to get the correct GB value.

250 GB = 250 000 000 000 bytes / 1024 = 244140625 kbytes /1024 = 238418 mbytes /1024= 232.8 computer GB

[poopyhead]

250 GB = 250 000 000 000 bytes / 1024 = 244140625 kbytes /1024 = 238418 mbytes /1024= 232.8 computer gigabytes

aww nutz...forgot they carried that all the way to Bytes...heh

[psx_pirate]

try running scandisk in thorough mode ..... it will fix any errors with free space

[filefeeder]

the above post i made was a copy/paste for a freind from another forum while im here i have a question for yas, my hdd is supposed to be 160 gig, but xp only recognizes 133 gig, anyway to get the extra gigs?

[poopyhead]

@filefeeder,

like Baldrick mentioned...

when the hdd is stated to be 160 GB, that's not in computer terms....

in their terms, 160 GB = 160,000,000,000 B

in computer terms, 160,000,000,000 B = 149 GB