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Elitegibson · 10-03-2003, 12:01 AM

If this hard drive is also your main OS drive, there'll be 1-3 GB of swap space on it (it's usually 1.5x your physical RAM), which is hidden by default in windows. And the windows files take about 1.5GB too. It's also possible there's hidden files on the drive, or some weird temp file. You can go into folder options and check the box to show hidden/system files. And a 80GB HD will only show about 74.4GB max in windows anyways, because of the difference between what the HD makers use for GB and what microsoft uses for GB.

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Elitegibson More Freedom, Less Bullshit Location: Tulsa, OK	If this hard drive is also your main OS drive, there'll be 1-3 GB of swap space on it (it's usually 1.5x your physical RAM), which is hidden by default in windows. And the windows files take about 1.5GB too. It's also possible there's hidden files on the drive, or some weird temp file. You can go into folder options and check the box to show hidden/system files. And a 80GB HD will only show about 74.4GB max in windows anyways, because of the difference between what the HD makers use for GB and what microsoft uses for GB. __________________ -Erik Stupid people shouldn't breed.