How many gigs you guys got on all your computers, and what format and controller?
I got about 150 gigs on all 5 computers, about 50 gigs are FAT 32 and the rest are NTFS.
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How many gigs do you have at home?
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 12:53 PM
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 12:59 PM
I don't know what format.
60 GB on this laptop, and 40GB on the powerbook.
60 GB on this laptop, and 40GB on the powerbook.
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
By a gun that didn't make any noise
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 01:23 PM
~200 Gigs in total.
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 01:33 PM
i have 60 gigs on my laptop and 80 gigs on my pc which i jus use for storage/back-up. All are NTFS.
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 02:04 PM
160 on my comp. Only about 20 left, so I wouldn't say its overkill
20 on the other computer which no one uses anymore
20 on the other computer which no one uses anymore
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 02:59 PM
120 gb wester digital partitions are :
30 gb ext3 for slackware
90 gb extended
45 gb ext3 for media
45 gb for debian(sid)
I also have a 30 gb ibm which I constantly change operating systems on
30 gb ext3 for slackware
90 gb extended
45 gb ext3 for media
45 gb for debian(sid)
I also have a 30 gb ibm which I constantly change operating systems on
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 03:19 PM
40 GB when I bought it a couple of years ago but now for some reason it's 37.5 GB.
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 03:42 PM
60 + 80 + 40 + 40 + 30. You do the math 
All FAT32s
All FAT32s
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 04:02 PM
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40 GB when I bought it a couple of years ago but now for some reason it's 37.5 GB.
If you formated, it's less...
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 04:10 PM
A single 80GB, NTFS.
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 04:38 PM
60 gb NTFS
40 gb FAT32
To wretched: Thats normal. It's because most software detects a GB as 1024 mb. To the hard drive maker, it's 1000 mb. The bigger the drive, the more you lose.
http://www.linuxanswers.co.uk/modules.php?...3092&forum=1&18
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40 gb FAT32
To wretched: Thats normal. It's because most software detects a GB as 1024 mb. To the hard drive maker, it's 1000 mb. The bigger the drive, the more you lose.
http://www.linuxanswers.co.uk/modules.php?...3092&forum=1&18
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 05:04 PM
fright's correct most people think a kilobytes is 1000 bytes but its 1024, so the harddrive maker does this. btw, i seem to be the only one with ext3 partitions :-), im so special
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 06:08 PM
i h8 what windows setup does, it makes sure that you can't partition the last 8mb of your hard drive 
so here's the math for how many mbs Microsoft owes us there are about 70 people for a hard drive (idk where i got this from but it's stuck in my head) so that's about
~8,000,000,000 people / ~70 = ~111,100,000
that's a lot of mbs! that's a lot of wasted memory
so here's the math for how many mbs Microsoft owes us there are about 70 people for a hard drive (idk where i got this from but it's stuck in my head) so that's about ~8,000,000,000 people / ~70 = ~111,100,000
that's a lot of mbs! that's a lot of wasted memory
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 06:56 PM
You can take anything and multiply by a big number and get another big number...
But 8 MB isn't really a lot. It's less than two songs.
But 8 MB isn't really a lot. It's less than two songs.
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
By a gun that didn't make any noise
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 07:08 PM
I think that 8mb is the mbr, i could be mistaken havent used it in a while
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 07:09 PM
I seem to remember the words "8 MB buffer" when I order my computer.
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
By a gun that didn't make any noise
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 07:10 PM
and unlike windows linux can tike hd space and use it as ram :-)
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 07:15 PM
...and like that would make much of a difference? I have a 60 GB hard drive and only I have used 18.5 GB.
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 07:43 PM
I don't complain about the 8 mb either, it's obviously using it for something, there are bigger things wrong with MS, 8mb doesn't bother me.
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 08:10 PM
One giant partition in my WD 100 GB HD for Windows XP
One giant partition in my WD 20 GB HD for Windows XP in my second computer
One giant partition in my Fujitsu 3 GB HD for Mandrake Linux in my second computer
~around 110 gigs in all.
One giant partition in my WD 20 GB HD for Windows XP in my second computer
One giant partition in my Fujitsu 3 GB HD for Mandrake Linux in my second computer
~around 110 gigs in all.
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