HB-1100S external hard drive

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slls1961

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Good afternoon

I have a 500GB external drive connected.

When I’m browsing my recordings it tells me 3% available.

When I view the disk in Settings>Storage it tells me 50GB available.

Why is there such a large discrepancy and which number is correct?

I was wondering whether the disk has become fragmented after 3 years of use. Humax has suggested a Factory Reset but I don’t intend to do that.

Thanks in advance.

Sal

| Wed 24 May 2023 13:00:47 #1 |
Martin Liddle

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slls1961 - 1 hour ago »
I have a 500GB external drive connected.
When I’m browsing my recordings it tells me 3% available.
When I view the disk in Settings>Storage it tells me 50GB available.
Why is there such a large discrepancy and which number is correct?

I don't know for certain but Linux reserves 5% of the storage space for use by user "root"; different routines will include or exclude the 5% figure. Also you have the problem of not knowing whether the calculation are being done in GB or GiB. Interesting to hear from other users of the HB-1100S whether they see the same issue?

I was wondering whether the disk has become fragmented after 3 years of use.

I don't think fragmentation is the issue.

| Wed 24 May 2023 14:12:05 #2 |

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