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Re: hard disks more than 8gb



>> ....  Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios
>> sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). 
>
>
>Why are so many computer users so ignorant of >international 
>standards?
Yeah I know 16.8 x 1.024 = 17.2

Only I have a maxtor 5.4gb drive that IS reported by the bios as
5400mb.  Seems Maxtor can't make up their mind as to what standard they
ARE using at the moment.



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