Re: Wasted 8 megs?

On 7/20/2007 11:20 AM On a whim, Nepatsfan pounded out on the keyboard

In news:1184953750.618693.207540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Edward <Edward.Nuxters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not that I care on a 200 gig drive. But I'm just curious as to why
this happens. Does it have to do with the size of the drive not being
evenly divisible by the calculated cluster size?

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Also, what is a good FREE Windows newsreader?

Windows leaves that space on a hard drive which has only one partition in case you ever want to convert the drive from a basic disk to a dynamic disk. The following article while written for Windows 2000 also applies to XP.

Unpartitioned Space Remains When Creating a Partition During Setup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293281

As for your second question, what constitutes a "good" newsreader depends on who you ask. I've found Outlook Express to be more than adequate for my needs. I've also used Mozilla Firefox and found it to be just as good.

Good luck

Nepatsfan



I've built or setup countless new installations and have never run across that before. How is that possible?


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