> Maybe we need a new paradigm - a convention to start using hard drive
> space even as the remainder of the drives capacity continues to format.
> Just my 2¢ worth.
You can do that already, make 2 partitions, use the first while the second
is formating
"Stan Shankman" <stantheman@visi.com> wrote in message
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> Sounds like the race is on to see which manufacturer can produce the first
> hard drive whose warranty will expire before it finishes formatting.
> Maybe we need a new paradigm - a convention to start using hard drive
> space even as the remainder of the drives capacity continues to format.
> Just my 2¢ worth.
> - Stan
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e9iC35HMHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Won't be available to me (affordable) in a new system until late 2008 or
>> first part of 2009.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
>> news:e3T8hhHMHHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
>>>
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