Re: What is this unallocated 8 meg during install in xp for?

From: terri (support_at_thetabletpc.net)
Date: 12/05/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:58:31 -0800

I believe it's reserved for XP to install its boot partition. 

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"Curious" <curious@like2.know> wrote in message 
news:e0$u8Zk2EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> There have problems for years with calculating disk capacity.  Some 
> calculations use 1000MB pre GB and others use 1024MB per GB.  And worse 
> the same application sometimes use both values and ends up giving 
> misleading results..This may be what is happing in the Partition software.
>
> "cpustore" <cpustore@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:5D074E3E-A6C7-4D6A-9A64-279E8FB849B9@microsoft.com...
>>I noticed that windows xp during installation has approx 8 mb of 
>>unallocated
>> space during creation of a partition. What is this space for or used for?
>> Everyone states that it's there but no way can answer why. Thanks in 
>> advance
>
>

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