Windows only showing half capacity of the disk?
I have a new laptop HP EliteBook with Windows 7 SP1 installed on it. SSD has 500GB but the system is only showing half capacity of the disk.
what can be done? Thanks.
I have a new laptop HP EliteBook with Windows 7 SP1 installed on it. SSD has 500GB but the system is only showing half capacity of the disk.
what can be done? Thanks.
You're So Funny!!!
Right click 'My Computer' icon and select 'manage'. In computer management, at the left pane, under 'Storage', select 'Disk Management'. It will show all drive volume disk usage. Check the 500GB SSD for it's details space usage. The exact total size for 500GB SSD should be detected as 465.66 GB in disk management under Windows 7.
Mark
Step 1: Click on “Start”, then type “Device Manager” in Search box, then hit “Enter” to open it. Step 2: Click “Disk drives” to expand the category. Right-click on the hard drive which reports wrong capacity and select “Update driver”. Step 3: Select “Search automatically for updated driver software.”
garry
yes and , seems you have the amount mixed up , a 500 gig uses 500 gigs total ( about 460 gigs in real calculations , 1024 byte to a kilobyte multiply it by your 500 gigs total , not the standard measure , its all to do with mathematics , and does your windows keep a copy of itself in hidden mode . remember your drive uses a different system , you windows shows free kilobytes at 1024 per kilobyte , your hard drive is straight out 500,000,000 bytes .
jeff
Well - run Computer Management and take a look to see what portion of the HD volume you allocated to the C:. If the other half is available, the extend the disk to include the entire capacity.
Spock (rhp)
disk manager software may recover the other half. try cnet.com's downloads for free versions