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

[Germain M.]

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.

Thanks a lot. Germain


iMac Intel 2.0 ghz
1 gig Ram, 160 GB HD
10.4.11 français



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