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Hard Drive

  • 20-01-2009 11:10am
    #1
    netvista
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭


    So a very stupid question but still....

    Bought an ACER over the weekend with 500gb HDD. open it up and messed around and found that it only had 222gb HDD. The 'C' drive was 111gb and the 'E' drive with another 111gb. There are no other drives except the cd/dvd drive. My question is are there other drives which don't show up under 'my computer' or am i missing the drives completely?


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  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    have you tried contacting Acer and asking?


  • #3
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,734 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    agreed. If it was a 250gb hard drive and you only had 222gb, the other 28gb would be program files and settings. But a 500gb laptop with only 222gb, theres something seriously wrong there. If you cant get any help from Acer, bring it back to wherever you bought it and complain.


  • #4
    netvista
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭netvista


    that's what i thought. There are about 20-30gb made up of programs but there seems to be a couple of drives completely missing. I just wanted to check before i brought it back.


  • #5
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    How much was this laptop btw?
    Usually laptops with 500gb cost in excess of 1,500 and in acers case are only in their top of the range gaming models. Maybe it is only 250gb? What model is it?


  • #6
    netvista
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭netvista


    The laptop is an ACER ASPIRE 7730G and was 1199CHF Swiss price. It says 2x 250gb HDD on the info so was basically wondering if they're now hiding the extra drives somewhere else other than under 'My Computer'. Anyhow i'm going back to the shop with it so we'll see how i get on


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  • #7
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    right click my computer, click manage
    computer management will open go to storage>disk management
    ya should be able to see what hard drives are installed and if they are formatted or not


  • #8
    tonyboy247
    Closed Accounts Posts: 143 ✭✭tonyboy247


    sounds like you have been ridden hard style without a whip;) did you buy from on all 4s computing....get my meaning...


  • #9
    netvista
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭netvista


    Sorry for the late reply. finally checked disk manager and saw two drives plus another one which said just 'Data' plus about 240gb in it but it doesn't show if it's formatted or not. Do i just need to format this then to get the extra gb?


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