[X4U] External HD: 750 gig to 699 when formatted. Why???

[Nick Scalise]

On May 24, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Germain M. wrote:

> Hello,
> I bought a SimpleTech 750gig external HD. It was Windows formatted  
> in the first place. Once mounted, info window showed the drive had  
> 699 gig free. As suggested in the instruction manual (and as should  
> be done) anyway), I reformated the drive Mac OS Extended journaled.  
> Still 699 gig free. Is there a way te recover this huge amount of  
> lost gig? What are they used for and by what (whom)? Are there some  
> hidden Windows programs and files left on the HD. If so, how to et  
> rid of them to recover that space?
>
> First, I wanted to format the drivve with the "zero" option in Disk  
> Utility but it told me ot would take 7 hours and I didn't want to  
> wait. This is the very first external HD I buy.


The GBs not lost, they were never there. It is the art of the  
Marketing department that they advertise 750GB when it is really 700GB.

If you look closely on the box, it will say somewhere 750,000,000,000  
bytes or something like that.
--
Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net


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