I'm sorry if this is a simple problem but after going to friends and continually searching the internet, I still don't have a solution to my problem. If anyone could help me out on this, I'd be really grateful.
A while ago my friend reformatted my computer for me because it kept bugging out on me (he called it a hard format and had to d/l something from this site http://www.hgst.com). Since that time I've been missing a lot of space from my hard drive (this is the model http://www.hgst.com/hdd/desk/ds60gxp.htm and i run windows xp). The sticker on the hard drive says it has a capacity of 41 gigs, yet I'm only getting 31 gigs out of it. I realize that there should be some space missing, so maybe it's normal (in which case someone could just tell me and I'll be on my way), but it seems to me that missing 1/4 of your hard drive is a little much. I've tried reformatting the normal way and setup tells me my hard drive is only 338xx MB. Is there any way in which I can get some more space out of my hard drive?
A while ago my friend reformatted my computer for me because it kept bugging out on me (he called it a hard format and had to d/l something from this site http://www.hgst.com). Since that time I've been missing a lot of space from my hard drive (this is the model http://www.hgst.com/hdd/desk/ds60gxp.htm and i run windows xp). The sticker on the hard drive says it has a capacity of 41 gigs, yet I'm only getting 31 gigs out of it. I realize that there should be some space missing, so maybe it's normal (in which case someone could just tell me and I'll be on my way), but it seems to me that missing 1/4 of your hard drive is a little much. I've tried reformatting the normal way and setup tells me my hard drive is only 338xx MB. Is there any way in which I can get some more space out of my hard drive?