"George L." wrote in message
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Do computer repair centers ever replace HDs with smaller ones
and not tell customers? I took my Compaq equipped with
80 gig HD to ****USA but got back a 40 gig. My data wasn't
lost, but the drive is definitely smaler, according to the BIOS
and the label on the HD.

Ignoring what the label says for the moment....

Isn't there a limit in Win2K/XP that prevents FAT32 partions beyond 32
GByte? Is it possible that has something to do with it? Perhaps they
reformatted it FAT?

... but I'm no expert in this area and you say the label says 40G.