My HD shows up as 144GB w/ 136GB free--

Only it's an AOA 150 - 1006 with 1 GB of ram and a 120GB hard drive. Can this be? If not (and I assume not) where is the error?

thx

 

they ran out of 120GB and installed a 160GB instead.
happened to some one else on this forum too.
enjoy the lucky shot.

 

pls, beore you point out its 144 not 160gb
144 is the actual capacity due to various things, eg 1000 bytes rater tha 1024, formatting etc etc...

 

That and since you got more space than you paid for, I would enjoy it.

 

Here is the previous thread about getting a 160 GB instead of a 120GB
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=7041

The drive is smaller than 160 GB because...
1) there is a hidden restore partition with XP on it.
2) The 1000/1024 byte conversion for drives.

 

Yep, well that's good news. My AAO was mfg. 0810 and has a Seagate Momentus 5400 rpm 160 G drive with 8 MB cache--

ST9160310AS

The Seagate® Momentus® 5400.5 drive offers the best combination of capacity, mobility and durability in a laptop hard drive to meet the demanding requirements of today's notebook multimedia usage models. Built with proven Seagate perpendicular recording technology and able to withstand up to 1000 Gs of shock, this highly reliable 2.5-inch drive is perfect for notebook or external storage applications. Backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

Key Advantages

8-MB cache delivers fast performance.
Robust design and high shock tolerance enable mobility in rugged notebook operating environments.
1000 Gs of nonoperating shock make the drive ideal for notebook PCs and industrial applications.
G-Force Protection™ available for added robustness in mobile environments
Green features:
Leverages Seagate laptop power management technology, delivering the lowest-power 5400-RPM laptop hard drive yet
Utilizes ramp load features that remove the head from the disk during idle periods, improving idle power consumption and adding to the durability of the drive
QuietStep™ technology enables ultra-quiet load/unload acoustics.
SATA 3Gb/s Native Command Queuing interface
Perpendicular recording technology
Seagate 5-year limited warranty

Don't you just love advertising? Makes the world seem like a better place, doesn't it?

 

the AAO I just picked up today came with a 160gb, instead of the 120 stated on the box. Sweet!

 

theres something really weird going on, because i purchased mines about 2 weeks ago, box saying 120GB, but i actually have 144GB overall. trust me. im not gonna complain!

 

Me, too. Got my 120g on Friday. It shows 147. Now if they'd just throw in another gig of ram.

 

I bought my first AAO almost a week ago, and had some problems with it... So i returned it today and got this one. The one i got today came with a newer bios version, bigger hard drive, slightly different carrying sleeve, and runs considerably better than the first one purchased a few days ago. They both had the same build date, and were both purchased at the same walmart. Im not sure why they are soo different, but im MUCH happier with this one!

The first one was extremely slow on the internet. And it would randomly freeze up, and would lose its wireless connection. I fixed the wireless with help from this site, flashed the bios, did all the windows updates, but it still ran like a terd. This one has been running excellent out of the box, and have done all the windows updates, and it is working GREAT!

 

there seems to be alot of AAO's with 160gb drives what colour is yours i think that blue is the most common colour with 160gb hdd's

 

mines blue

 

Mine's blue, too. Also got one of the free upgrades.

 

Same here, blue, 120gb showing 160gb brought from Walmart

 

Mines a brand new one from Amazon UK and I only got 120GB HDD also came with 3114 BIOS so I guess its old-ish stock. Not the end of the world not getting 160GB, I wont come close to using up the 120GB!

 

I know, right. I have had mine for a little over a month, have added all sorts of stuff onto it, and still (only ) have around 138 gigs of space left...sweetness...what to add now???

When my new USB drive gets here, I may put on a new Linux partition to play with...

 

i have the 160 gig in mine aswell box shows 120 mine is blue

 

i bought 2 on amazon and from there shippe to dominican republic where i live, both blue, they said they were 120gb but cam both with 160gb, never had a problem, never freezes, both windows xp home originals, i really have no idea why are people complannig, maybe i was lucky who knows, and yes blue ones are comming with 160gb and not 120gb