hard disc space?

[fordy9]

hey just a quick question.
I have a 500gig hardrive and properties show that it has a capacity of only 465gig. Is it normal for xp to do this?
Thanks

 

[pat mcgroin]

you didnt give many specifics but yes the formatting requires some space for the FAT (i think there is two copies) and if like the 500G external I just bought it may have some software preloaded.

 

[gone fishin']

Yes it's normal, I think you lose about 3G for every 40G due to partitioning and FAT tables

 

[fordy9]

o ok thanks

 

[dengamle]

500.000.000.000 bytes / 1024^3 = 465 GB

It is all about math