Two 500Gb Hard Drives

Denise_M · 04-15-2007, 09:20 PM

Hi,

I have 2 500Gb ext hdds. One of the drives contains my original files and the other one contains their backups. These are the only files on the drives.

One drive has 4.58Gb of free space left and the other one has 60.1 Gb left.

I checked the files on each drive and there are no files missing on the drive that has 60.1 Gb left. They both have the exact same files and each file on both drives are the same size.

The drives aren't the same type. Could one drive be reserving space/be partitioned for backups or something else? If so, how can I find out and, if not, how can I find out where the drive's 55Gb has gone?

Denise

carnageX · 04-15-2007, 10:36 PM

Right Click on My Computer > Go to Manage > if Storage is not expanded, expand it by clicking the + sign > click onDisk Management. Your two drives should be listed in there, and if they're partitioned or not.

Apokalipse · 04-15-2007, 10:40 PM

How are each of them formatted?
If the cluster size on one of them is larger, then when you start adding files, there will be more wasted space per cluster that is not completely filled.

wicked23 · 04-16-2007, 02:09 PM

Also are the backup files the exact original or did you use windows backup? Some backup utilities compress the files when they back them up.

04-15-2007, 09:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Denise_M True Techie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 113	Two 500Gb Hard Drives Hi, I have 2 500Gb ext hdds. One of the drives contains my original files and the other one contains their backups. These are the only files on the drives. One drive has 4.58Gb of free space left and the other one has 60.1 Gb left. I checked the files on each drive and there are no files missing on the drive that has 60.1 Gb left. They both have the exact same files and each file on both drives are the same size. The drives aren't the same type. Could one drive be reserving space/be partitioned for backups or something else? If so, how can I find out and, if not, how can I find out where the drive's 55Gb has gone? Denise __________________ Denise ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

04-15-2007, 10:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
carnageX Lurker Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,506	Re: Two 500Gb Hard Drives Right Click on My Computer > Go to Manage > if Storage is not expanded, expand it by clicking the + sign > click onDisk Management. Your two drives should be listed in there, and if they're partitioned or not. __________________ /Antec 900...................................Intel e6750 @ 3.53GHz\ /Xigmatek Rifle S1283..............GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R mobo\ /2x1GB G.Skill/2x1GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800 @ 5-5-5-15, 441MHz\ \EVGA 8800GT 512MB @ 730/1000................Corsair 520hx PSU/ \19" Hanns-G Widescreen LCD.............19" AOC Fullscreen CRT/ \SeaGate 500GB/320GB; Maxtor 160GB external; W.D. 160GB/ 3DMark06 Score: 13700 \| carnageX \| e6750 @ 3.53GHz \| 8800GT 512MB @ 760/1080 \| XP Home 32bit

04-15-2007, 10:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Apokalipse Multicellular Eukaryote Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12,664	Re: Two 500Gb Hard Drives How are each of them formatted? If the cluster size on one of them is larger, then when you start adding files, there will be more wasted space per cluster that is not completely filled. __________________ 1 + 1 = 3 if you define 3 as a result of 1 + 1

04-16-2007, 02:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
wicked23 I know things... Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 384	Re: Two 500Gb Hard Drives Also are the backup files the exact original or did you use windows backup? Some backup utilities compress the files when they back them up.

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