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George Orwell

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Since: Aug 14, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:57 pm
Post subject: whats this
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i have just installed a samsung sp2504c 250gb 8mb sata internal hard drive + installed windows xp home edition onto it. i went to my computer, + under where it says devices with removable storage it has a picture of a box with a cd + says vrmhoem_en (d. when i double click on it it takes me to a screen that says: welcome to microsoft windows xp. it says what do you want to do? + has the following options: install windows xp, learn more about the setup process, install optional windows components, perform additional tasks, check system compatibility. does anyone know what this is + if i need? if not how do i delete it as when i right click it it doesnt have delete. also when i check local disc(c under hard drives in my computer it says: total space: 232gb, free space: 231gb. i havent downloaded anything or installed anything yet, + its a 250gb so why does it say this?....i would appreciate some help as i dont know whats happened or what to do....thank you in advance

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reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an
di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system
Per maggiori informazioni |For more info
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Nepatsfan

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Since: Mar 12, 2005
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:57 pm
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"George Orwell" <nobody RemoveThis @mixmaster.it> wrote in message
news:ec620cc7294de01d35fa992385cb5c50@mixmaster.it...
>i have just installed a samsung sp2504c 250gb 8mb sata internal hard drive +
>installed windows xp home edition onto it. i went to my computer, + under where
>it says devices with removable storage it has a picture of a box with a cd +
>says vrmhoem_en (d. when i double click on it it takes me to a screen that
>says: welcome to microsoft windows xp. it says what do you want to do? + has
>the following options: install windows xp, learn more about the setup process,
>install optional windows components, perform additional tasks, check system
>compatibility. does anyone know what this is + if i need? if not how do i
>delete it as when i right click it it doesnt have delete. also when i check
>local disc(c under hard drives in my computer it says: total space: 232gb, free
>space: 231gb. i havent downloaded anything or installed anything yet, + its a
>250gb so why does it say this?....i would appreciate some help as i dont know
>whats happened or what to do....thank you in advance
>
> Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this
> non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real
> reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an
> di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system
> Per maggiori informazioni |For more info
> https://www.mixmaster.it
>


First off, eject the XP installation from your CD drive. That's what you're
seeing in My Computer.

Second, your new hard drive that's labeled 250GB really only has space for 232
GBs of data. That's because the manufacturer uses the decimal system and defines
a Gigabyte as 1 billion bytes. Windows on the other hand uses the binary system
and defines a Gigabyte as 1,073,741,824 bytes.

Take a look at these articles for an explanation of the math involved.

Why is my drive displaying a smaller than expected capacity than the indicated
size on the drive label?
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqi...15&p_cr**&p_li=&p_topview=1

The Hard Drive Size Discrepancy: When a Byte Isn't a Byte
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v30/vic30.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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