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Hard drive Copy disk to disk issue

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Mrdiddley

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My dad just installed a western digital 40GB hdd. The old one was also a WD but at 20GB and almost consumed.
Using the Lifegaurd Utilities that came with the the HDD he formatted the new Drive FAT32 and then did a copy to copy of everything again using the utility. Now the 40GB is Master and the old is slave. When it boots up the computer sees a 40GB hdd but it is almost full something like 36-37 GB. He said it only copied the stuff once.
The computer was purchased in march of 2000 so I don't think it's a BIOS issue. Gateway 650Mhz Athlon.
It also has GO-Back software, which I am suspecting is the culprit.

Other than a clean install (which I would like him to do) any suggestions?

Thank You ,Bri
 
ERRR i hate nothing more than old OEM computers, is it just me, or are OEM computers harder to work on? Like a fresh windows re-install n stuff seems more complicated on old OEM's.

At any rate, my 40Gb WD drive shows as 37GB around there. They always show as less. I would definatly reformat, whats the "Go-Back" software do? Get that off there if it's giving you problems
 
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