get you started...but you didn't tell us what hard drive you are talking about. It also depends of the file format you want to use. Several gigabytes are held is reserve for move data on bad sectors to this reserve area. It's usually a couple of percent.
http://www.thepc.info/harddrive_upgrade.html
and life goes on...
Jack
can some one show me a diagrm or something on how much 100 gb holds?

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