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August 23rd, 2004 23:00
33GB on a 40GB DRIVE?
I ordered a 40 Gb drive for my 8600. But drive C only shows up as about 33GB. Why is this?
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ejn63
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August 23rd, 2004 23:00
A 40G drive in decimal will show up under WIndows as 37 binary gigs. Subtract the restore and diagnostic partitions ( about 4 G) and you have about 33 G of space on the C: drive.
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August 25th, 2004 11:00