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OK, its bullshit. What they are talking about are the partitions that are often written to drives that come with an OEM machine that have a rescue image of the OS on it. Basically, it is an installer for the OS so that if you fubar your system, it can be nuked and reinstalled. I know my IBM laptop has it, and most Dells do too, I believe. Yes, you can get some of your space back by doing a zero-fill format, but the space used is usually on the order of 2GB or so--dont count on doubling your space unless you have some tiny-ass drive to begin with.
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