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[pacer]

i did partitioned it into 2 drives but one was 80gb and
the second was still only 51gb
thx

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>>not sure if this is correct group, but is my question...
>>just formated a 160gb wd hard drive with xp home using
>>ntfs when i was done there was 131386gb (approximetly),
>>why? bios was updated and read 160gb. why do you lose so
>>much space? i have noted with larger drives more seems
>>to go by the way of the dodo bird... gone
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>>thx
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>>Hi Pacer,
>There is actually a 132gb limit that is recognizable.
>You would actually have to choose to partition into 2
>drives. I recently ran into this dilemma myself. : )
>Hope this helps.
>John
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