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**linderman** · 01-04-2008, 02:00 PM

you not really missing any space

the drive manufacturers call 1000mb = one gig

windows reports one gig as 1024mb

I have a 320gig drive which after formatting is less than 320 gigs by 32gig

its really just a marketing ploy on the part of drive makers

01-04-2008, 02:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Another "missing' hard drive space problem you not really missing any space the drive manufacturers call 1000mb = one gig windows reports one gig as 1024mb I have a 320gig drive which after formatting is less than 320 gigs by 32gig its really just a marketing ploy on the part of drive makers __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial