AnalogOldguy
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I know this sounds silly, but my Trainz hard drive died, so I ordered a same model 80GB hard drive from an Ebay Seller .
But I was quickly sent a 160GB drive. I had previously used an 80GB for the Trainz and a 60GB for backups and other stuff. this gave a total of about 140GB.
I have always used Windows XP with no service packs, (using FAT32) this can only see about 137GB or so total, so the drives worked well.
Now with this 160GB, I would be over the limit already with just this one drive. Before I send it back for an exchange, I have been wondering if it's possible to format the big drive down to only 80GB, leaving the rest of it unallocated space, then with the backup 60GB drive , to have the correct total.
This may sound kind of dumb, but I'd like to hear opinions. If no opinions, no harm done! Bob P.
But I was quickly sent a 160GB drive. I had previously used an 80GB for the Trainz and a 60GB for backups and other stuff. this gave a total of about 140GB.
I have always used Windows XP with no service packs, (using FAT32) this can only see about 137GB or so total, so the drives worked well.
Now with this 160GB, I would be over the limit already with just this one drive. Before I send it back for an exchange, I have been wondering if it's possible to format the big drive down to only 80GB, leaving the rest of it unallocated space, then with the backup 60GB drive , to have the correct total.
This may sound kind of dumb, but I'd like to hear opinions. If no opinions, no harm done! Bob P.