Re: 74MB used space after formatting 250GB drive

Hi,

I wouldn't be concerned as 71 MB on a 250 gig HD is nothing really, not even
1/10 a gig. Is the 71mb used shown after you have loaded your operating
system? If so, then I would assume that is the amount of space required/used
by XP to install itself.

I am disgusted to see the response you received from this Mike Hall guy who
is supposed to be helpful as he is a MS-MVP. He should not be allowed on
here if that is the best he can do in the way of reply. No one needs a smart
a** or that type of answer when they have a concern. Just hope he doesn't
have kids!!! Poor things.

gman

"Bill" wrote:

> What you are seeing is normal.
>
>
> "Thomas Jespersen" <tje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23wBIimGJGHA.344@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi
> >
> > I just formatted a 250GB disk. I got the disk form our network
> > administrator, because it failed in a RAID system, but he was not sure
> > weather the disk was damaged or not.
> >
> > Here is the result of the format comand:
> >
> > C:\>format I:
> > The type of the file system is NTFS.
> > Enter current volume label for drive I: Data
> >
> > WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
> > DRIVE I: WILL BE LOST!
> > Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y
> > Verifying 239366M
> > Volume label (ENTER for none)? Data
> > Creating file system structures.
> > Format complete.
> > 245111704 KB total disk space.
> > 245035780 KB are available.
> >
> >
> > First. It took arround 1½ -2 hours to format the drive from the XP shell.
> > Is this normal?
> >
> > Second: When I look at the properties of the driver from My Computer, It
> > says Used Space: 74,4MB. Is this normal? After doing a Quick Format it now
> > says 71,1MB used!
> >
> > I think that this is suspicious. But the result of the format doesn't say
> > anything about bad sectors.
> >
> > Should I trust this dirve or not?
> >
> > Thomas
> >
>
>
>
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