I just tried installing windows 7 on a 750 gig hard drive that I just got. During setup it showed as 698gb of empty unallocated space, as it should. I made just the 1 primary partition, and let the windows install go on just like normal. It finished, and looked ok.
But then, I immediately open "my computer" and see the C drive showing ~650gig used out of 698. That ain't right! I couldn't exactly find what was taking up the space. The drive had no old files or OS on it that I could find (Note, I got it used, and can't guarantee if/how it was wiped, if at all). I didn't do a full format (probably should have I guess).
The system is at my office, so I can't poke around till tomorrow, but please let me know any suggestions. Thanks.
What exactly is going on here? I've never run into this one before, and I've installed and re-installed plenty of win7 systems. Would bad drive sectors cause this? I'm using the same win7 bootable usb I've used before with no issues. I wonder if I have to return the drive....
But then, I immediately open "my computer" and see the C drive showing ~650gig used out of 698. That ain't right! I couldn't exactly find what was taking up the space. The drive had no old files or OS on it that I could find (Note, I got it used, and can't guarantee if/how it was wiped, if at all). I didn't do a full format (probably should have I guess).
The system is at my office, so I can't poke around till tomorrow, but please let me know any suggestions. Thanks.
What exactly is going on here? I've never run into this one before, and I've installed and re-installed plenty of win7 systems. Would bad drive sectors cause this? I'm using the same win7 bootable usb I've used before with no issues. I wonder if I have to return the drive....
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