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885473 2010-05-16 19:55:00 Have a desktop with 160GB Sata HDD and it only shows 149GB so I think it has a XP restore partition.If the owner installs W7 home will it overwrite the "'lost 11 GB" ? kjaada (253)
885474 2010-05-16 20:56:00 Go into Windows Explorer. Right click the drive, take a note of the capacity in bytes not the rounded off figure at the end. pctek (84)
885475 2010-05-16 20:59:00 X2 as to what Pctek wrote.

149GB is about right for a 160GB drive.
wainuitech (129)
885476 2010-05-16 21:32:00 Thanks guys but There is no OS on the box;
We are going to install W7 later.Does that alter yr answers???
kjaada (253)
885477 2010-05-16 21:39:00 Simple answer NO -- the answers still remain the same.

Heres what Pctek was talking about, (my HDD is 250GB) Heres a picture (www.imagef1.net.nz) Highlighted area - Notice on the right it says 232GB - but the bytes show 250,056,etc which is the real size.

So your drive would show 149 on the right, and 160,???,??? under the bytes
wainuitech (129)
885478 2010-05-16 21:42:00 Thanks kjaada (253)
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