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LilBuddy
03-01-08, 12:27 PM
I have 2 Maxtor drives in my PC. I have a Maxtor 6B200PO which is a 200gb 7200 ATA and a Maxtor STM3320620AS which is a 320gb 7200 SATA. I'm running my OS off of the 200gb.

Here is my problem:

320gb is 3 partitions:
E: 29,996
F: 101,065
G: 174,181

200gb is 1 partition:
C: 131,062

The 320gb drive says the total drive space is 305,242 and the 200gb drive says the total space is 194,475.

Where is my other 194,475 - 131,062 = 63,413 on the 200gb drive?

MadMan007
03-01-08, 01:10 PM
Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management. See if there is any unpartitioned space on the 200GB drive.

That's for XP btw, not sure how to check that out in Vista if you're using it.

Shell
03-01-08, 01:15 PM
This is what your hard drive says it hays:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

This is what Windows reads your hard drivehas, but reports it as GB:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte

And do what MadMan said to see if you left some space unpartitioned.

LilBuddy
03-01-08, 01:57 PM
That fixed it!

Thanks for the help!