Re: 74MB used space after formatting 250GB drive

Gman

Regardless of the 71mb seemingly lost, if somebody asked me if I would trust
a drive that had failed in a RAID array, I would give the same answer each
time, and that answer would be a resounding 'NO'.. it is not a smartass
answer.. it is a 'sense' answer..

What would you like me to say to his final question, again his words..
"Should I trust this drive or not?" .. a drive that failed in a RAID array..

I was a computer hardware engineer for many years, and experience would tell
me not to trust the drive.. that is and remains my final answer..

Re. my family, that is a subject in which you know less than zero, and I
would thank you to keep your mindless snipes to yourself, and not to air
them in a public place..


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"gman" <gman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A585E394-43C0-4620-A842-6B907F99691D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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