Hard Disk Drive Space; Troubleshooting - HP A1210n - Pavilion - 512 MB RAM Troubleshooting Manual

Hard Disk Drive Space

HP Pavilion and HP Media Center Desktop PCs with
the Windows XP operating system preinstalled may
appear to have a hard disk drive smaller than what is
stated in the product specifications, documentation, or
on the box. Hard disk drives are described and
advertised by manufacturers in terms of decimal (base
10) capacity. Windows and other programs, such as
FDISK, use the binary (base 2) numbering system.
In decimal notation, one megabyte (MB) is equal to
1,000,000 bytes, and one gigabyte (GB) is equal to
1,000,000,000 bytes. In the binary numbering
system, one megabyte is equal to 1,048,576 bytes,
and one gigabyte is equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Because of the different measuring systems, you may
see a difference between the size reported by
Windows, and the size advertised. The storage
capacity of the hard disk drive is as advertised.
Windows reports smaller capacity in the Windows
Explorer tool and in the My Computer window
because it only shows information about one partition
on the hard disk drive at a time. The first partition
contains the System Recovery information.

Troubleshooting

For solutions to problems that may occur when using
the PC, refer to the following troubleshooting pages.
Symptom describes the sign or warning message for
the type of problem.
Possible cause identifies one or more reasons why
the symptom may have occurred.
Solution describes what you should do to try to solve
the problem.
Look up the description of the symptom or problem,
and try the solution listed.
Some of the symptoms listed may not apply to your
PC. For problems relating specifically to the monitor or
printer, refer to the equipment documentation.
The tables appear in this order:
•
Audio
•
CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, or DVD Writer Drive
•
Diskette (Floppy) Drive
•
Display (Monitor)
•
Hard Disk Drive
•
Hardware Installation
•
Internet Access
•
Keyboard and Mouse
•
Power
•
Memory
•
Miscellaneous
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