optimizing the hdd to the fullest

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    it's not specifically windows that uses the MBR though is it?
     
    sammorris, Jul 18, 2007
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    no as all hd's has a mbr even without windows installed. an unformated 1.44meg floppy disk is actually 2 meg just as is a 720k disk is 1 meg unformated.
     
    ddp, Jul 18, 2007
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    Lol yes, but they only came up as 1.38MB in windows I seem to recall? It's been a while!
     
    sammorris, Jul 19, 2007
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    i see 1,457,664 bytes or 1.38mb
     
    ddp, Jul 19, 2007
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  5. sammorris

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    That'd be it!
     
    sammorris, Jul 19, 2007
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