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80 gig SSD drive in Alienware- only 11 gig showing.
When i specced my laptop i chose this for the HD option.
750GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s + 80GB mSATA SSD Caching
Yet when i go to System Information window it tells me that my SSD drive is
Size 10.50 GB (11,271,139,328 bytes)
Do I have an infestation of incredibly small and hungry HD mites, or have Dell done something clever with my other 69Gig?
ejn63
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November 3rd, 2013 09:00
That is indeed an 80G mSATA drive - however, part of it is likely dedicated to the quick start function, and part of it is set aside as a cache for the main hard drive. The partition that's left is the one you see. If you want to install Windows to it, you're going to have to disable the cache function and repartition the SSD for WIndows (and 80G will likely limit what you can install -- though it will get you started, it won't be hard to outgrow an 80G WIndows drive).
ieee488
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November 2nd, 2013 19:00
Windows 8 64-bit requires 20GB, so I don't know how it fits on a10.5GB hard drive.
More like you are interpreting the information wrong.
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November 2nd, 2013 20:00
My C: drive is 750gig, the SSD is my D: drive.
ieee488
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November 3rd, 2013 07:00
Post your Disk Management screen
sq225917
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November 3rd, 2013 08:00
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model INTEL SSDMCEAW0
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 5
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 1
Sectors/Track 63
Size 10.53 GB (11,301,534,720 bytes)
Total Cylinders 1,374
Total Sectors 22,073,310
Total Tracks 350,370
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #1, Partition #0
Partition Size 10.50 GB (11,271,143,424 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 34,603,008 bytes
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WDC WD7500BPKX-
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 5
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 1
Sectors/Track 63
Size 698.63 GB (750,145,536,000 bytes)
Total Cylinders 91,200
Total Sectors 1,465,128,000
Total Tracks 23,256,000
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size 500.00 MB (524,288,000 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 1,048,576 bytes
Partition Disk #0, Partition #1
Partition Size 40.00 MB (41,943,040 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 525,336,576 bytes
Partition Disk #0, Partition #2
Partition Size 490.00 MB (513,802,240 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 701,497,344 bytes
Partition Disk #0, Partition #3
Partition Size 688.98 GB (739,789,242,368 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 1,215,299,584 bytes
Partition Disk #0, Partition #4
Partition Size 8.52 GB (9,146,240,512 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 741,004,541,952 bytes
sq225917
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November 3rd, 2013 14:00
Thanks for that, a perfect answer. I was just curious from a technical viewpoint.