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Mac Help?? reformat

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P4LSkier103
Posts: 235 - Karma: 16
Yo NS,

so i recently did a reformat on my mac, to get my computer running fast and clean for my new school year.

bad news is, i bought my macbook pro with a 500gb hard drive, and before the reformat i had 420gb free. now after the reformat, its says i only have 299gb free. little freaked

any ideas?

thanks for your help!
Oct 20 2009 2:47PM
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thegreyarea
Posts: 3265 - Karma: 34
The partition size was wrong when you erased it. Go to applications/utilities/disk utility and make sure your partition is using the entire drive. Also, did you by chance make 2 partitions and one is reserved for windows?
Oct 20 2009 3:42PM
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thegreyarea
Posts: 3265 - Karma: 34
I should add there is nothing to freak out about. It's probably an accident that you're missing that space.
Oct 20 2009 3:43PM
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