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WTF My new 80 GB Maxtor only shows 76 GB!

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When I fdisk my new 80GB Maxtor 7200RPM hard drive it only show it has 76GB of space avaliable. What happened to the other 4 Gb. It's this normal? Am I missing something? Here are my configurations: C: 15GB NFTS D: 61 GB Fat32. I am using D for data should I format D with FAT32 Or NTFS.
 
IIRC it's because HD manufacturers consider 1MB=1000KB and the OS considers 1MB=1024KB
 


<< IIRC it's because HD manufacturers consider 1MB=1000KB and the OS considers 1MB=1024KB >>



thanx, i never knew that. i just thought i was getting shafted by the hd manufacturers.


-knucklehead
 
its perfectly normal to lose a couple gigs when you have a big drive like that - it can get irritating. Its just the way the hd manufacturers make some more money.
 


<< its perfectly normal to lose a couple gigs when you have a big drive like that - it can get irritating. Its just the way the hd manufacturers make some more money. >>


Not really, I don't mind losing 4 gigs on an 80gb drive.. And yeah, Os's recognize 1mb = 1024kb.
-- mrcodedude
 


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<< IIRC it's because HD manufacturers consider 1MB=1000KB and the OS considers 1MB=1024KB >>



thanx, i never knew that. i just thought i was getting shafted by the hd manufacturers.


-knucklehead >>

you are...
 


<< You might need to Defraggle your motherdisk. 😀 >>


When the discs have finally come l&ouml;&ouml;se, keep them in order and don't mixem up
If you have Windows on your Data machine, You'll find the OS on the top disc, you'll recognize it easily, it's much heavier then the rest of the discs. If you use Linux, then you'll of course don't need to do this operation at all... 😀
-- mrcodedude
 
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