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Old 05-29-2007, 02:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi, ive just brought a Western Digital 320bg HDD. How inaccurate can the HDD be. Vista only see's 297gb.. I know when they make them the size isnt perfect, but 23gb is the HDD defected or something..
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I have not formatted a 320 but my 250 is only 232G formatted so 297G sounds about right
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It said 297gb even before it was formatted. Vista only detected 279gb RAW space. And also before i formatted my BOIS said 300gb
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