Re: 3.5" dis , 1.44MB, or 2.0MB

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From: Gregg Matthew Sterling
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 16:50

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The key word is that one is unformatted and the other is formatted space.
When you format a disk, the system has to take up a certain amount of space
on the disk in order to work with your computer.. So when you format a disk
with Dos, you lose approximately .56MB of space to the system. Basically the
2.0MB is just the raw disk, and depending on what computer you format the
disk on will decide how much space the system takes up...

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Subject: Re: 3.5" dis , 1.44MB, or 2.0MB
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Date: 11 Dec 92 16:50:30 GMT
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