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From: Bernie <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
Subject: Re: Hard Disk 20gb and dos
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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 07:54:04 +0100
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Pat asked:
>I figure that to be partitions of 512MB or greater. People would buy those
540MB
>drives and make a single partition out of them. By simply not using the
last couple of
>megabytes of drive space, they would actually gain useable space and could
store more
>files.

It would be complicated using 8.4GB without using 512MB partitions. However
I agree that larger are mostly a waste of space.

>If you would like to see this, there is a program called DRVSLACK.EXE that
will show >exactly how much space is being wasted. It is small enough that
I could attach it to a >message to this list if anyone wants it. It is only
7KB unzipped, probably half that >zipped.

I don't think it would be appreciated on the list, but I'm interested so if
you could eb so kind to send it to me?
//Bernie