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From: rlb@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Unmovable Spaces under Norton
Message-ID: <6083@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 12 Aug 88 01:16:24 GMT
References: <2306@phred.UUCP>
Reply-To: rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey)
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
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In article <2306@phred.UUCP> daveh@phred.UUCP (Dave Hampton) writes:
>
>  When using the Advanced Version 4.0 of the Norton Utilities, the map of
>the hard disk shows available space, filled space, bad blocks, and something
>designated "Unmovable Space", shown with an "X".  What are these spaces?
>The manual doesn't say.  I'm not using copy protected software, so they
>shouldn't be related to any hidden files or keys.
>
I believe that those are the areas of the hard disk which contain 
bad sectors.  That makes them UNMOVABLE!