Lost old HD extension

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Hello,

This is the first time I post a thread.
I use a new MacBook Pro OS X Leopard, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB, 200GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm

I was installing Windows XP with bootcamp, I had to make a partition of my HD. After doing that I run a installation. (looked like DOS on windows)
I had to choose a hard disk to run Windows on but I didn't saw the partition I made earlier. I clicked on my main HD to check if I could find the partition. But I didn't find it, I decided to cancel the instalation. So I pressed F3, suddenly my Mac freezed. I shut down my Mac by pressing the on/off button.

After this I start up my Mac and the only thing I saw was a black screen with a white cursor. Nothing worked.

I restart my Mac and pressed C (after reading the instal disc Mac OS X)
The instal disc didn't find a HD so I checked it with the helpsoftware.
The only thing I saw was the Harddrive name but no Macintosh HD so I made a new Macintosh HD and installed Mac OS X. Everything works fine now BUT....

I checked the info of my HD (200gig) and I realised that I am missing 15gig. (old HD) [162gig free of 185 gig]
There must be a way to get back my files. (I think)


CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME!

Many thanks,

dutch student graphic design

 

[yellow]

If you mean that you've lost 15GB of your 200GB drive, you haven't lost anything.

a 200GB drive is actually ~186.26GB large.

 

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to yellow

If you mean that you've lost 15GB of your 200GB drive, you haven't lost anything.

a 200GB drive is actually ~186.26GB large.

Why is that?
And how is it possible that a instalation can remove a HD?

thanks for answer so quickly...

 

[yellow]

Why is that?

http://guides.macrumors.com/Hard_Drive_Size_Discrepancy

And how is it possible that a instalation can remove a HD?

It didn't remove anything. Your 200GB disk was never any larger than ~186GB. And now you have OS X installed on it and that will eat up ~15GB of space.

 

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http://guides.macrumors.com/Hard_Drive_Size_Discrepancy



It didn't remove anything. Your 200GB disk was never any larger than ~186GB. And now you have OS X installed on it and that will eat up ~15GB of space.

OK
Thank you,
I understand it, but can you give me an reason why they call it a 200gb disk.

 

[yellow]

I understand it, but can you give me an reason why they call it a 200gb disk.

2 reasons.

1) Because hard drive manufacturers use mathematics based in 1000. Operating Systems is based in 1024.

2) Because it's easier to market a 200GB drive than a 186.26GB drive.

 

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2 reasons.

1) Because hard drive manufacturers use mathematics based in 1000. Operating Systems is based in 1024.

2) Because it's easier to market a 200GB drive than a 186.26GB drive.

thank....

a new strange thing..
I reinstalled Mac OS X today and I found the files I deleted yesterday in my paperbasket...