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    Why my 40GB HDD has such a small actual capacity?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by danniao, Jan 17, 2005.

  1. danniao

    danniao Newbie

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    I just found out the 40GB hard drive in my Dell 700m shows a mere 34.4 GB total size,is it normal? This is a replacement from DELL for a defective 700m, which has 37.3 GB actual capacity on it. Has anyone ever seen a hard drive with such a big difference between it's labeled and actual capacities?

     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Is there any type of recovery partition on it? My Thinkpad was the same way. It had a three GB recovery partition. The partition was not viewable or removeable unitl you turned it off in the BIOS.






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    that 34-37 GB space is for XP and all the stuff dell gives you.
     
    Ballin4life, Jan 17, 2005
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