No, the drive manufacturers/retailers aren't really telling the truth with their advertised space. They are calculating a gigabyte as 1000 megabytes and are advertising the unformatted capacity. Your computer is giving you the more realistic formatted capacity using the formula of a gigabyte beeing equal to 1024 megabytes. hth Frank Ventura
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan & Terrie Robbins Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:49 AM To: Blind-Computing Subject: [Blind-Computing] XP and hard drive size I just purchased a new 750 GB hard drive from Tiger Direct. However, I notice Win XP Pro is only recognizing it as 699 GB. Does XP have a limit on the size a hard drive can be? thanks Al For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.34/2462 - Release Date: 10/28/09 05:34:00 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
