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rkvic19
 Post subject: Restore Capacity of Old Samsung 40 GB HDD
PostPosted: October 22nd, 2008, 17:42 
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I currently use my laptop for all purposes.. but I also have my old PC for occasional purpose like torrents.
Recently, it was infected with viruses and malware.. do I thought of deleting the existing data with File Shredder and then formatting the HD.
But I noticed that it shows 37 GB instead of 40 GB capacity..
So is there any way to restore the original capacity WITHOUT connecting it to other PC ? (coz it would risk to infect the other PC as well)
Thanks guys :wink:
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Steve
 Post subject: Re: Restore Capacity of Old Samsung 40 GB HDD
PostPosted: October 22nd, 2008, 18:01 
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37 gb is correct size
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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Restore Capacity of Old Samsung 40 GB HDD
PostPosted: October 22nd, 2008, 18:14 
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Unless there is a hidden partition, 37 GB is real. Some space is used by the file system.
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Dmitry Postrigan
 Post subject: Re: Restore Capacity of Old Samsung 40 GB HDD
PostPosted: October 23rd, 2008, 1:47 
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It's not the file system... 40000000000/1024/1024/1024 = 37.25GB :)

(more on that here)

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shahij
 Post subject: Re: Restore Capacity of Old Samsung 40 GB HDD
PostPosted: October 23rd, 2008, 2:37 
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BlackST wrote:
Unless there is a hidden partition, 37 GB is real. Some space is used by the file system.


Its not file system, 37GB is real. O/S calculate the capacity as 1024 MB = 1GB, but Manufacturer calculate as 1000MB = 1GB. this is the difference.
More info with special information...

http://forum.csebd.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=46

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rkvic19
 Post subject: Re: Restore Capacity of Old Samsung 40 GB HDD
PostPosted: October 23rd, 2008, 14:08 
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Thanks for the clarification guys! :)
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