New 2TB + SSD iMac... is the 2TB empty or not?

[Amnesiac1]

You see, when I click on the 2TB HD, it says:

"Capacity: 2TB
Available: 2TB"

However, when I look at it in Finder, under SIZE, it says "852.6 MB"... why is this? Why the discrepancy?

 

[DannyBres]

It says the drive size is 834mb?!

or that 834mb are used on the disc?

 

[Amnesiac1]

It says the drive size is 834mb?!

or that 834mb are used on the disc?

That 852MB has been used.

 

[Amnesiac1]

And yet, when I click the HD, it appears to have no contents. What is taking up that (admittedly minor) amount of space, then? And why does it tell me the HD does has 2TB free when I request info on the drive?

 

[nOw2]

Operating systems and working overheads.

And for why it still says "2TB": 2 TB - 834 MB = 1.999161 TB (SI)

i.e. it's correct to 3 decimal places which is still excessively accurate.

 

[chas0001]

Perhaps its the Lion "Recovery HD" partition. Launch terminal and type

diskutil list

 

[Amnesiac1]

Perhaps its the Lion "Recovery HD" partition. Launch terminal and type

diskutil list

What am I looking for when I do this?

 

[xraydoc]

What am I looking for when I do this?

Don't bother. The second drive is blank from the factory. You're not missing any space.

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Operating systems and working overheads.

And for why it still says "2TB": 2 TB - 834 MB = 1.999161 TB (SI)

i.e. it's correct to 3 decimal places which is still excessively accurate.

This.

 

[Texran]

partition, boot, and trash information takes up space. Also humans think in powers of ten vs computers calculate in 2's.