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    7805u HD

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by 780Cinco, May 2, 2009.

  1. 780Cinco

    780Cinco Notebook Evangelist

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    First off..I am just wondering why the HD states under my computer that it only has 286GIG HD when im suppossed to have 320? What am I missing?Where can I view whether I have a 5400rpm HD or 7200rpm HD. Obviously the specs on the box and online and from gateway state the 7805u has the 7200rpm but I just want to view it with my own eyes :( Just for piece of mind bc sometimes the HD feels slows :mad:
     
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    780Cinco Notebook Evangelist

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    Also, everytime I boot up my laptop the HD is working for like 10 minutes??I have little to no startup programs and I am wondering what it is working on? Is task manager the only thing that will show me what its doing? Thanks!
     
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    You have a recovery partition taking up about 10GB i believe.
    And remember a GB = 1024 MB but is sold GM = 1000MB so the 320GB drive is in reality a 296GB drive.

    Open up your device manager... or down load HWMoniter, or run a Hard Drive Benchmark, or just take the drive out and have a gander
    Any of those ways will show you your hard drive

    Remember while 7200 RPM is faster than 5400 RPM it is not an insanely fast drive like a SSD.


    As to your HD working alot... thats Vista. Its working in the back ground tweeking your system alot with 4K writes. Dont worry its perfectly normal, just a bit annoying.
     
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