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"SR" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:3f9f2c2d$1_3@cosmos.uncensored-news.com...
> I bought a 180 GB Hitachi/IBM hard drive, and now I am attempting the
> partitioning process.
> The HD is connected via an external USB2 case, and the OS is Windows XP.
>
> The "Computer Management" reports the HD as 128 GB   and
>
> Partition Magic shows it as 131 GB.
>
> 185.2 GB is written on the hard disk...
>
>
> Why do I get a wrong reading? What's the trick to solve this problem?
>
> Sigi
>
>
> PS:
> 7200 rmp, 8 MB cache, 16,000 Yen in Akihabara.
> An additional 3.5 inch USB2/IDE external case was 4,000 Yen.
> Entire combinations fro IO-Date, Buffalo offer 160 GB hard drives for
21,000
> Yen.
>
>
>
>
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