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    question about my hard drive

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by C-Smoke, Jan 5, 2007.

  1. C-Smoke

    C-Smoke Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently bought a e1405 with a 100gb 7200 rpm Hard drive and I noticed my computer says it has 86gb total (76 available). Is this normal? Maybe I was looking at the wrong thing. I don't remember where I saw it so can someone tell me where to find this info. Thanks.
     
    C-Smoke, Jan 5, 2007
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  2. -Recoil-

    -Recoil- Notebook Consultant

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    even though they say it is 100gb, you will never actually have 100gb. Usually it is for slack space. They round the figure up.
     
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    you also lose space for media direct, your restore partirion, and diagnostics
     
    Iceman0124, Jan 5, 2007
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