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**laboye** · 09-20-2006, 02:49 PM

Well, your were experienceing fragmentation. This is a phonomenon that causes sectors on the drive to be wasted to to everyday use (deleting and adding files and data). If your computer supports the 40GB hard drive, you shouldn't have to worry about any of those barriers. Older computers may experience problems if the BIOS is unable to address space on hard drived past a certain point, thus barriers. If Windows can see the entire 40GB, you are safe.

09-20-2006, 02:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Well, your were experienceing fragmentation. This is a phonomenon that causes sectors on the drive to be wasted to to everyday use (deleting and adding files and data). If your computer supports the 40GB hard drive, you shouldn't have to worry about any of those barriers. Older computers may experience problems if the BIOS is unable to address space on hard drived past a certain point, thus barriers. If Windows can see the entire 40GB, you are safe. __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler