Help with Samsung SP2014N Partition

[hbinded]

I just bought a 200 GB SP2014N Samsung drive. The only problem is, I can't utilize the drive's full capacity. I partitioned it using DM-Creator from Samsung, but it gives me only 186 GB in Windows. I tried partitioning it with Acronis Partition Expert, but the results were the same.

My computer specifications are as follows;

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP2

ExcelStor Technology J640 40 GB as Master

SAMSUNG SP2014N 200 GB (Showing 186 GB) as slave

MSI PT880 Neo-FSR with VIA® PT880 Chipset.

I thought that the "size barrier" was at 128 GB. Please help me out here.

Thanks!!!!

[DrowningInTheBS]

http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v30/vic30.htm

Lies, Lies and marketing!! 200Gb is marketing hype... as a Kb is 1024bytes, they round the numbers to make their drives seem larger... normal marketing practice. The link above shows a calculator to give the true numbers.

[Zxian]

How big is that "40GB" drive of yours? 38.1GB perhaps?

The "problem" that you have is the same for everyone. We (the users) consider 1GB to be

1 GB * 1024 MB/GB * 1024 kB/MB * 1024 bytes/kB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

Maufacturers, on the other hand, consider 1 GB to be

1GB * 1000 MB/GB * 1000 kB/MB * 1000 bytes/kB = 1,000,000,000 bytes

This works out to be a savings on their part of about 7%. Fit that into your hard drive, and you've got your missing space (7% of 200GB = 14GB "missing").

Long story short, this is normal.

You probably could have found the answer by searching as well though... I'm being nice tonight...

[hbinded]

So there's nothing I can do about it, other than use it how it is?

****, these marketing strategies are a rip-off!!!!

[hbinded]

How big is that "40GB" drive of yours? 38.1GB perhaps?

The "problem" that you have is the same for everyone. We (the users) consider 1GB to be

1 GB * 1024 MB/GB * 1024 kB/MB * 1024 bytes/kB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

Maufacturers, on the other hand, consider 1 GB to be

1GB * 1000 MB/GB * 1000 kB/MB * 1000 bytes/kB = 1,000,000,000 bytes

This works out to be a savings on their part of about 7%. Fit that into your hard drive, and you've got your missing space (7% of 200GB = 14GB "missing").

Long story short, this is normal.

You probably could have found the answer by searching as well though... I'm being nice tonight...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks! I tried searching, but all I got was this problem of The 128 GB barrier.

Thanks again

[Zxian]

Well what do you want to do about it? Thats the way these things have worked pretty much from the start... it's only now that you start noticing it because of the larger hard drives.

186GB is a lot of space to play with... I know since I've got that at home and I haven't filled it up yet...

[hbinded]

Well what do you want to do about it? Thats the way these things have worked pretty much from the start... it's only now that you start noticing it because of the larger hard drives.

186GB is a lot of space to play with... I know since I've got that at home and I haven't filled it up yet...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You are right. I've had 80 GB for quite some time now, till recently when I decided to start my own AIO-DVD, which needed quite some space!!!

Anyways, Thanks for your help

[Zxian]

Ah yes... that'll take up a bit of space.

Have fun with your new toy!

[hbinded]

I will!!!!