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Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

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Thanks,

 

Rob

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Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest Rob

Guest Rob

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest SBS Rocker

Guest SBS Rocker

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest Rob

Guest Rob

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest SBS Rocker

Guest SBS Rocker

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest Rob

Guest Rob

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

That is simply not true. There is no greater than %50 space loss for using a dynamic disk.

 

There is no reason either a dynamic or basic disk should show this kind of discrepancy.

It was a basic disk to begin with and had the same problem. I only converted it to try to fix the problem.

 

If what you're saying were true, then I have 4 drives where the capacity is not being used.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ec87yg3NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest SBS Rocker

Guest SBS Rocker

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

Well like I said I am not an expert on dynamic disks but if you google dynamic versus basic perhaps you will find your answer there.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23iLkKq3NIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

That is simply not true. There is no greater than %50 space loss for using a dynamic disk.

 

There is no reason either a dynamic or basic disk should show this kind of discrepancy.

It was a basic disk to begin with and had the same problem. I only converted it to try to fix the problem.

 

If what you're saying were true, then I have 4 drives where the capacity is not being used.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ec87yg3NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest Rob

Guest Rob

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

I've already gone through the normal research on this problem without finding any solutions.

 

I am in this forum because I am a Technet Plus member which guarantees response times. Since this is the Microsoft server forum, I am in the right place to ask this question.

 

If you don't have the expertise, then let's let someone who does respond.

 

Anyone else out there have any ideas?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:%239UEr23NIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Well like I said I am not an expert on dynamic disks but if you google dynamic versus basic perhaps you will find your answer there.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23iLkKq3NIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

That is simply not true. There is no greater than %50 space loss for using a dynamic disk.

 

There is no reason either a dynamic or basic disk should show this kind of discrepancy.

It was a basic disk to begin with and had the same problem. I only converted it to try to fix the problem.

 

If what you're saying were true, then I have 4 drives where the capacity is not being used.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ec87yg3NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest Rob

Guest Rob

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

Bump

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:OFdneE4NIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Always good to try help some ungrateful person. That attitude I'm sure you'll get a lot of responses. No need to comment any furthur. good luck Mr. Technet.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23sKOh93NIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

I've already gone through the normal research on this problem without finding any solutions.

 

I am in this forum because I am a Technet Plus member which guarantees response times. Since this is the Microsoft server forum, I am in the right place to ask this question.

 

If you don't have the expertise, then let's let someone who does respond.

 

Anyone else out there have any ideas?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:%239UEr23NIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Well like I said I am not an expert on dynamic disks but if you google dynamic versus basic perhaps you will find your answer there.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23iLkKq3NIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

That is simply not true. There is no greater than %50 space loss for using a dynamic disk.

 

There is no reason either a dynamic or basic disk should show this kind of discrepancy.

It was a basic disk to begin with and had the same problem. I only converted it to try to fix the problem.

 

If what you're saying were true, then I have 4 drives where the capacity is not being used.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ec87yg3NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest SBS Rocker

Guest SBS Rocker

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

Always good to try help some ungrateful person. That attitude I'm sure you'll get a lot of responses. No need to comment any furthur. good luck Mr. Technet.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23sKOh93NIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

I've already gone through the normal research on this problem without finding any solutions.

 

I am in this forum because I am a Technet Plus member which guarantees response times. Since this is the Microsoft server forum, I am in the right place to ask this question.

 

If you don't have the expertise, then let's let someone who does respond.

 

Anyone else out there have any ideas?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:%239UEr23NIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Well like I said I am not an expert on dynamic disks but if you google dynamic versus basic perhaps you will find your answer there.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23iLkKq3NIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

That is simply not true. There is no greater than %50 space loss for using a dynamic disk.

 

There is no reason either a dynamic or basic disk should show this kind of discrepancy.

It was a basic disk to begin with and had the same problem. I only converted it to try to fix the problem.

 

If what you're saying were true, then I have 4 drives where the capacity is not being used.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ec87yg3NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest Rob

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Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

Bump

 

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:OFdneE4NIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Always good to try help some ungrateful person. That attitude I'm sure you'll get a lot of responses. No need to comment any furthur. good luck Mr. Technet.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23sKOh93NIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

I've already gone through the normal research on this problem without finding any solutions.

 

I am in this forum because I am a Technet Plus member which guarantees response times. Since this is the Microsoft server forum, I am in the right place to ask this question.

 

If you don't have the expertise, then let's let someone who does respond.

 

Anyone else out there have any ideas?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:%239UEr23NIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Well like I said I am not an expert on dynamic disks but if you google dynamic versus basic perhaps you will find your answer there.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23iLkKq3NIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

That is simply not true. There is no greater than %50 space loss for using a dynamic disk.

 

There is no reason either a dynamic or basic disk should show this kind of discrepancy.

It was a basic disk to begin with and had the same problem. I only converted it to try to fix the problem.

 

If what you're saying were true, then I have 4 drives where the capacity is not being used.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ec87yg3NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest SBS Rocker

Guest SBS Rocker

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

I just googled it myself and found your answer. User reports same problem and posted what they did to convert. Again good luck.

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:OFdneE4NIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Always good to try help some ungrateful person. That attitude I'm sure you'll get a lot of responses. No need to comment any furthur. good luck Mr. Technet.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23sKOh93NIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

I've already gone through the normal research on this problem without finding any solutions.

 

I am in this forum because I am a Technet Plus member which guarantees response times. Since this is the Microsoft server forum, I am in the right place to ask this question.

 

If you don't have the expertise, then let's let someone who does respond.

 

Anyone else out there have any ideas?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:%239UEr23NIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Well like I said I am not an expert on dynamic disks but if you google dynamic versus basic perhaps you will find your answer there.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:%23iLkKq3NIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

That is simply not true. There is no greater than %50 space loss for using a dynamic disk.

 

There is no reason either a dynamic or basic disk should show this kind of discrepancy.

It was a basic disk to begin with and had the same problem. I only converted it to try to fix the problem.

 

If what you're saying were true, then I have 4 drives where the capacity is not being used.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ec87yg3NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

The reason why you are seeing what you are seeing is because you are using dynamic disks which uses fault tolerance to expand across the volumes. I'm really not all that literate with dynamic disks other than what I just said and do not really know how they use fault tolerance. But I can say it is because you are using dynamic as opposed to basic disks. Your reasoning for doing so?

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OuzApO3NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

I converted the drive to dynamic to see if that might solve the problem. As you can see it did not.

 

I am attaching a jpg of the screen shot.

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:ecLKZ92NIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

can you screenshot and attahc to this post. i think i may know why.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:e2dm442NIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I am looking at the capacity, not the free space.

 

Capacity = 410.09 GB

Free space = 251.84 GB

 

Below it says:

 

On the left:

Disk0

956.91 GB

Online

 

On the right:

(C:)

956.91 GB

Healthy (System)

 

There is only one partition and it uses the entire drive space.

The capacity should read 956.91 GB.

This is a big discrepancy.

 

HP's array configuration utility reports the drive correctly at 979876 MB. I understand that the c: drive should read smaller, but there should not be that much difference between what the partition shows and the capacity.

 

Any idea how I can correct this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message news:uLMY8k2NIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you're just looking at the "free space" and cannot see the "capacity" column.

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

Guest Rob

Guest Rob

Posted
Posted

Re: Reported drive size is half of what it should be.

 

Anyone else with suggestions on this?

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

"Rob" <rob_temp@community.nospam> wrote in message news:OLTKes1NIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Hi,

 

I have a Windows Server 2003 SP1 server using a Raid-5 array with 8 146GB drives. There is one basic partition that is 956.91 GB, but the NTFS file system reports it as 410.09 GB. This appears under disk management. The top line that shows the volume reports 410.09 GB. The lower area with the partition information shows 1 partition of 956.91 GB.

 

Any idea how I can reconcile this difference without wiping the drive and restoring from backup?

 

--

Thanks,

 

--

Thanks,

 

Rob

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