It seems like I have less HDD space than I should. Why is that?

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Sorry if this is a repeated question, but I got a new laptop and it came with windows 8 and 1TB 5400RPM SATA 6Gb/s + 80GB mSATA SSD Caching. I checked on "This PC" and it says that I have 881GB free of 922GB. That seems pretty low considering that I expected near 1TB since I should expect some programs to already have taken some GB space. I was also wondering what that 80GB mSATA SSD Caching means. Does it mean I can store stuff in there, and also how come it doesn't appear on "This PC"?
Thanks for any help :)
 

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Actually I was also wondering, since this is an alienware 17 laptop, which way should I charge it. Should I leave it plugged in while gaming or should I let it run off the battery. Thanks in advance!
 
man, with all the rechargeable batteries I use around here it either they work and hold up or they don't.. leave them on the charger don't leave them on the charger , its a mess and I guess it goes with how well made it is or what brand something . have one that did a dang good job replace it with the same one and it did not do 1/2 the job the first one did .. go figure

just do what you feel is right and hope for the best out of it