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Comment:

In "FDISK" the 20 Gig MAXTOR shows 19.540 Gig useable space. In "My Computer" Properties it shows the size as 20 Gig. Is this the way it should be? Thanks. Al.

Reply:

Yah that's right. the functional word is "useable". When the drive is formatted that formatting uses up space therefor is is no longer useable. It's kinda like buying a 2by4. their actually 1 3/4" X 3 1/2".

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