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Unread 10-01-2005, 05:45 AM   #720
re3dyb0y
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I dont think it is format waste

Most hard drives when formatted lose some space. So that would probably be about right, i have seen on 200gb drives, losing up to 13gb, and there aint really much you can do about it.

How come you let it copy 3%? Was that your guess on the OS and a bit more space?



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