Ok so I am not the brightest bulb on the tree, I resently formated and used the restore disk shipped with my Inspiron 2650 and noticed that the Hard drive is only 18.6 Gig drive. On the shipping document It shows a 20 Gig drive.
I always noticed the drive seemed smaller than 20 gigs but figured the difference was all the stuff Dell preinstalled, and XP. When I reinstalled the OS (in the patition part of the install) I noticed that It was indeed a smaller drive than it shows on the documentation.
What do I do now, I am still under warrenty, Will Dell come out and install a the correct 20 gig drive I am still paying for and should have, or will they tell me tough sh*t.
docfl
First, you're in violation of the Terms of Service with your use of the asterisk above.
Sorry didnt mean to violate the TOS, and yes I have read that there would be a slight difference between what a drive shows. What I am wondering about is what percentage the difference is it supposed to be ? It seems to me that if it was reading 19+ gigs I wouldent be wondering. Also wouldent it make more sense to say ok it is a 18 gig drive we are putting ,insted of we are giving you a 20gig drive?
docfl
The percent is 7%. It's an industry-issue, not a Dell issue. And it won't change, just like when you buy a car and they give you EPA mileage estimates that you cannot achieve. Everyone does it that way.
Sorry didnt mean to violate the TOS, and yes I have read that there would be a slight difference between what a drive shows. What I am wondering about is what percentage the difference is it supposed to be ? It seems to me that if it was reading 19+ gigs I wouldent be wondering. Also wouldent it make more sense to say ok it is a 18 gig drive we are putting ,insted of we are giving you a 20gig drive?
Here's the "long-winded" version of the hard drive size discrepancy http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/BillionEqualBillion.pdf . Yes, it's long but should stop some repeated questions . I never have heard what happened with the class action suit.
Allen T.
EDIT - Don't know where all the extra spaces came from in the first line.
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Sorry didnt mean to violate the TOS, and yes I have read that there would be a slight difference between what a drive shows. What I am wondering about is what percentage the difference is it supposed to be ? It seems to me that if it was reading 19+ gigs I wouldent be wondering. Also wouldent it make more sense to say ok it is a 18 gig drive we are putting ,insted of we are giving you a 20gig drive?
docfl
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Here's the "long-winded" version of the hard drive size discrepancy http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/BillionEqualBillion.pdf . Yes, it's long but should stop some repeated questions
. I never have heard what happened with the class action suit.
Allen T.
EDIT - Don't know where all the extra spaces came from in the first line.
Message Edited by atucker on 08-28-2004 09:56 PM