Actually no, you don't have just 470 GB of hdd space because the rest is occupied, you have just 470 because your disk IS really just 470 GB - the 500 number is a commercial lie: all hdd manufacturers use a dishonest way of measuring their product. And yes, most of the general people is incapable of understating that and blames the builder of the pc.
In reality you would have less than 450 GB of free space, since a typical W7 install takes about 25 GB out of the box and around 20GB after trimming the fat.
BTW the loss on the thumb drives is a lot smaller - practically unnoticeable if no additional sw is installed in it. If they notice it then something was totally wrong there and yes, they should be replaced.
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Actually no, you don't have just 470 GB of hdd space because the rest is occupied, you have just 470 because your disk IS really just 470 GB - the 500 number is a commercial lie: all hdd manufacturers use a dishonest way of measuring their product. And yes, most of the general people is incapable of understating that and blames the builder of the pc.
In reality you would have less than 450 GB of free space, since a typical W7 install takes about 25 GB out of the box and around 20GB after trimming the fat.
BTW the loss on the thumb drives is a lot smaller - practically unnoticeable if no additional sw is installed in it. If they notice it then something was totally wrong there and yes, they should be replaced.