I tried partitioning my 160 GB HD in to 2 -- 10 GB and 150 GB. While partitioning power went off, and now I have only 150 GB left. I can't see the missing disk space. I'm using GParted.
How do I recover the missing disk space? Thanks!
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I tried partitioning my 160 GB HD in to 2 -- 10 GB and 150 GB. While partitioning power went off, and now I have only 150 GB left. I can't see the missing disk space. I'm using GParted.
How do I recover the missing disk space? Thanks!
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What outputs when you:Originally Posted by JazonEsti
Code:sudo fdisk -l
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I'm on Ubuntu Live CD right now. Any way to do that while in this mode?
Now that I noticed it, GParted reports it as 148.34 GB disk, while Ubuntu itself when I mount it reports that it's a 159.3 GB media.
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Same process: Applications->Accessories->Terminal and issue the command so we could see if fdisk could still read the hidden partition.
Steady movement is more important than speed, much of the time. So long as there is a regular progression of Stimuli to get your mental hooks into, there is room for lateral movement. Once this begins, its rate is a matter of discretion.
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Are you using GParted from within Ubuntu or the GParted live CD? I don't think it should make a difference, but I do remember once getting something weird from within Ubuntu and getting correct info from the GParted CD.
"I'm on Ubuntu Live CD right now. Any way to do that while in this mode?"
Does your question refer to the "sudo fdisk -l" suggested by iaculallad? If so, just open Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal and enter the command. If that's not what you meant, sorry. (An sorry for the overlap: I was still typing when iaculallad posted his reply.)
Shane
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Oh I have to run it on Terminal. Sorry.
Here are the results:
I can't understand what it says. =)Code:Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000be24a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 19364 155541298+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 19365 19457 747022+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 19365 19457 746991 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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notice that 160 gb hdd is 149 in size ,some programs report it as 160 and some report it as 159 but its real size is 149 gb
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Well, it's certainly seeing a 160 GB hard drive there. Maybe you should just do your partitioning again with GParted.
aretahla: what exactly do you mean? I take it you're talking about the difference between gigabytes and gibibytes or whatever they're called, right? I.e., the difference between a GB as 1024 MB or as 1000 MB (which allows manufacturers to "cheat" on HDD sizes)?
Last edited by shane19174; August 26th, 2008 at 11:55 AM.
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If it's 160 GB, why can GParted only report only 148 GB?
How can I recover the missing space using GParted?
Free disk space is only 137 GB after fresh install.
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It looks like we might be talking at cross purposes. Like aretalha pointed out, what a manufacterer markets as a 160 GB HDD is in reality a 149 GB HDD. That is 160000000000 bytes does not equal 160 GB but (because 1 KB is 1024 bytes, 1 MB is 1024 KB, etc) something closer to 149 GB. GParted (I just checked) will give the lower, more accurate, number. So it looks like there's nothing missing.
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