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WHY does NT (XP - whatever) DO THAT???? by ChuckAB 2005-03-15 12:48:41
When it partitions a hard drive during setup, it refuses to use the 8MB at either end of the drive. I am playing around with a RIS installation and when I told it to delete/create a partition in the first 8GB (8001.1MB) it only partitioned 7993MB leaving an 8MB free space at the beginning of the drive.

WHYYY??????.....
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  Because of fnord... (n/t) by Bonzo2005-03-15 12:52:05
  Is this a custom-built machine or from by merlin2005-03-15 12:52:53
    No, it does this all the time. by nin_man2005-03-15 13:01:32
      In this case it's 8MB at the front and 8MB from by ChuckAB2005-03-15 13:12:21
    It's a Gateway. by ChuckAB2005-03-15 13:04:26
      Sometimes things get fussy about cylinders by staticsan2005-03-15 13:50:03
        That kind of makes sense - however, this is the by ChuckAB2005-03-15 13:57:04
  spooky by Artanicus2005-03-15 12:53:49
  Here's a possibility: by merlin2006-11-19 12:55:59
    wasn't quite what he was talking about I think by Freakazoid2005-03-15 13:05:39
      You're correct, Freakazoid. by ChuckAB2005-03-15 13:15:22
  i've seen partition magic do something similar by Freakazoid2005-03-15 13:07:14
  Now this is just crappy. by ChuckAB2005-03-15 13:48:49
    Well, I guess I'll have to start over with a fresh by ChuckAB2005-03-15 14:05:13
      Well, I figured out what happened with by ChuckAB2005-03-15 14:35:05
    And that probably explains the 8MB loss, since by merlin2005-03-15 14:27:00
  I know what 7 MB of that is for by XndeX2005-03-15 14:22:37
  Short answer: dynamic volume potential by Nashville2006-11-19 12:55:59
    Ah. That explains much. by ChuckAB2005-03-15 14:38:27

 

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