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b0nkers
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_ 		17. August 2005 @ 08:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi, I have a 4 gig hard drive. With the marketing thing, what is the real space on the hard drive?
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ddp
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_ 		17. August 2005 @ 08:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what do you mean by marketing thing as a 4 gig is seen by the bios as a 4gig or 4.096gig
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pcrepair
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_ 		17. August 2005 @ 09:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
about 3.6 ish
devide 4000 by 1024 get an answer
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b0nkers
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_ 		17. August 2005 @ 09:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thx. Hmm I bought a 4 gig hard drive but my PC only gives me 3 gig...how get i get the rest of the space?
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p4_tt
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_ 		17. August 2005 @ 09:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can't, hdd makers kind of do false advertising they tell you how big it is in bytes not gigabytes, can't believe that they get away with it too!!
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pcrepair
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_ 		17. August 2005 @ 09:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you can't the guy who sells the harddrive uses a marketing ploy
heres a 4 gigabyte hardrive but it's actually only a 3 point summat harddrive and thats all you can have sorry
you have to devide the 4 gigs by 1024 to get the real size
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i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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pro`noob
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_ 		17. August 2005 @ 10:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
' Thx. Hmm I bought a 4 gig hard drive but my PC only gives me 3 gig...how get i get the rest of the space?'


sounds like it is not partitioned correctly if you have lost a whole gb. that whole divide by 1024 stuff should only mean you lose a couple hundred mb

check the manufacturers website and they should have downloadable tools that allow you to correctly partition the disc - ofcourse you will need a reformat so make sure you back up the data on the drive first.

if the manufacturer does not list any program then you can try here - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348
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