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bahramkabiri

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A Secret i want to find , HELP ME !
« on: December 19, 2007, 08:43:18 AM »
i had my hard disk partitioned last night and months ago , but when i do this , ( i mean after hard partitioning without any problems ) , again i see 8 Mb unpartitioned in the list , each time i do hard partitioning , i see this 8 Mb again and again !!!
i mean do u know what's this 8 Mb ??!
it seems nobody knows !!
what's the use of this 8 Mb that doesn't participate in partitioning ??
i don't really know !  ??? who can tell ?? help me with this quickly please ...
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Re: A Secret i want to find , HELP ME !
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2007, 09:30:04 AM »
so did you partition with windows setup, diskmgmt, or fdisk, and also how big is the drive.

It might just be that whatever software you used (*cough* windows setup *cough*) excuse me, might only support partitions that are special multiples.

I wouldn't lose sleep over losing a mere 8MB of disk space, depending, of course, on your hard disk size.
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Re: A Secret i want to find , HELP ME !
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2007, 10:22:23 AM »
Probably a hidden partition containing the Drivers and the OS for the machine it shipped with...
Check your Owners Manual...
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    « Reply #3 on: December 19, 2007, 11:44:43 AM »
    It is actually a "feature". The XP setup reserves a little bit of space at the end of your disk in case you at some point decide you want to convert the disk to a dynamic disk. The article I've linked to below says it can reserve between 1-8 mb but I've never seen it be less than 8 mb.
    Here's a bit of reading on it:
    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=225822
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044
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      Re: A Secret i want to find , HELP ME !
      « Reply #4 on: December 21, 2007, 01:48:24 PM »
      I suppose it for windows if the os needs more space it has a few,  I see that when I have to reinstall windows xp
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      bahramkabiri

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      Re: A Secret i want to find , HELP ME !
      « Reply #5 on: December 23, 2007, 03:00:56 AM »
      Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 19, 2007, 09:30:04 AM
      so did you partition with windows setup, diskmgmt, or fdisk, and also how big is the drive.

      It might just be that whatever software you used (*cough* windows setup *cough*) excuse me, might only support partitions that are special multiples.

      I wouldn't lose sleep over losing a mere 8MB of disk space, depending, of course, on your hard disk size.

      about what u said and what i asked on that 8 Mb : my hard disk has 160 GB storage and please tell me the scientific reason that why this 8Mb created... what's the use of this 8 Mb can u say ? thanks for ur last reply
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      Re: A Secret i want to find , HELP ME !
      « Reply #6 on: December 23, 2007, 03:03:27 AM »
      Quote from: patio on December 19, 2007, 10:22:23 AM
      Probably a hidden partition containing the Drivers and the OS for the machine it shipped with...
      Check your Owners Manual...

      there should be a scientific reason for that 8Mb i'm sure ,, can u say what's that for ?
      thanks for ur last reply.
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        Re: A Secret i want to find , HELP ME !
        « Reply #7 on: December 23, 2007, 04:40:18 AM »
        If you've bothered to read my last post you would have seen I've already given you two links directly from Microsoft that describe the how and why of that 8 mb partition.

        Quote from: Deerpark on December 19, 2007, 11:44:43 AM
        It is actually a "feature". The XP setup reserves a little bit of space at the end of your disk in case you at some point decide you want to convert the disk to a dynamic disk. The article I've linked to below says it can reserve between 1-8 mb but I've never seen it be less than 8 mb.
        Here's a bit of reading on it:
        http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=225822
        http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044
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