topic Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space? in PCs & Accessories

Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

Tyrone — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:30:54 GMT

Hello, i recently bought an FS215B, and i have to say i am very disappointed by the hard drive. It's supposedly 60GB (i know you have to allow for the OS etc) First of all it's partitioned. Why is that? Secondly it's more like 35 GB. My C drive's total size is 27.9 GB, yet there is only 14GB free!!! How much rubbish is on there! My D Drive has 20.9 GB, and has that all free. I feel very cheated indeed.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

febs — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:38:48 GMT

It may say that it has a 60gb drive but as with all types of storage it is less after formatting ie. 1gb memory stick after formatting has 947mb and all VAIOs come with a partitioned drive C:\ and D:\.I think the D:\ partition by default is used by the built in sony applications such as Sonicstage ect.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:36:54 GMT

There's probably also a hidden partition.
The actual space on a 60GB is something like 56.9GB when formatted using Windows.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

Tyrone — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:27:35 GMT

That's what i would expect. However it doesn't look that way.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:15:26 GMT

Did you get a recovery set with the VAIO?

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

TheCrow — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:45:35 GMT

Dear,

Right click on ur my computer
then click on Manage
then go to Disk Management

or
go to RUN on start menu and type diskmgmt.msc

you can see ur all drive with size and with free space !also u can see ur hidden drive

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

tonybeard — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:43:51 GMT

I recall when I first unpacked my 60 gig harddrive Vaio that there was a considerable amount of rubbish on the HD( maybe your Vaio is detecting that moreso). When I defragmented it eliminated this but it took hours Defragging over and over till it was sorted. The other thing is you can get Partition Pro and give yourself a larger C Drive partition or just one. However The reason you have two drives is purely for speed and system recovery. D drive is your essencial documents storage (so keep documents you need there) and C is your program files OS. I always thought 20 gig would be sufficient as a C drive partition but it depends what your software requirements are.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:54:47 GMT

30GB is about right for C:

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

febs — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:15:34 GMT

Lol im running 40gb on my C:\

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

hldomster — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:36:30 GMT

Yes but you are rich and have an A317S, so I've heard:smileytongue:

Hmmm, if oyu need more space, uninstall useless crappy sonyu software like VAIO-zone.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

febs — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:01:02 GMT

Yes but you are rich and have an A317S, so I've heard:smileytongue: 

Hmmm, if oyu need more space, uninstall useless crappy sonyu software like VAIO-zone.

Who me???

I have an A417S

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

seb21__ — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:39:56 GMT

LOL, I have approx 15GB for drive C:\. The rest on D:\.

Enough space for my software.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

TygerTyger — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:39:09 GMT

Lol domster. No honestly, say what you really think of Sony software lol.

I agree actually, everything Sony provided is gone except for the awesome Adobe pack. It annoys me intensely that D:\ should be for documents, when My Documents sits on C:\ and lots of programs insist you use it, as well as Windows insisting to some degree as well.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:54:53 GMT

LOL well Febs does have the best desktop VAIO

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

febs — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:25:09 GMT

Is there anyway to completely get rid of both partitions so that you just have one big 100gb drive with out having to wipe the system and reinstall windows ect.?

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

febs — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:26:00 GMT

LOL well Febs does have the best desktop VAIO

A417S is a notebook not desktop.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

TygerTyger — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:27:16 GMT

Is there anyway to completely get rid of both partitions so that you just have one big 100gb drive with out having to wipe the system and reinstall windows ect.?

You can, but honestly I wouldn't recommend it. If nothing else, it would mean performing a system restore would wipe the entire drive as it cleans the main partition. It does actually speed up the computer slightly as well, mainly Windows.

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

febs — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:40:32 GMT

So would you have to delete windows aswell?

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:42:23 GMT

Specially with huge volumes, partitioning is a good idea

Re: Why a partitioned drive? Why so little space?

febs — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:33:28 GMT

Ye i suppose so.