Windows XP reformated and still get c:\windows\system32\system CORRUPT/MISI

If I'm not mistaken, hard drive manufacturers typically advertise UNFORMATTED drive space. Formatting a drive eats up some of that space.

I would not be concerned about your new drive.

EDIT: 15GB/320GB = 4.7% (Seems typical.)

 

thanks mailman... understand that

 

the space is reported correctly , the problem is explained here :

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=84&pgno=5#myth-25

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Myth #25 :
Hard disk drive companies cheat in the way they calculate storage space!

Truth :


This is partially true. Back in the days when people were still playing RPGs with paper and dice, hard disk drive manufacturers calculated storage space the same way software companies did - 1 MB was equivalent to 1,048,576 bytes. Back then, a 40 MB hard drive would actually have 41,943,040 or so bytes of storage space.

Then the hard disk drive manufacturers wised up. They figured out that they could make more money if they calculated things a little differently. Why should they give us 41,943,040 or so bytes of storage space when they can calculate that as 42 MB and charge you for the extra 2 MB?

So they decided that as far as the hard drive industry was concerned, 1 MB was equivalent to 1,000,000 bytes. The software industry, of course, had no reason to adopt the new system. This is why your operating system will report that a 750 GB hard drive only has a capacity of about 698 GB. No, your mouse did not bite a chunk from your hard drive while you were asleep.

Now, you must be wondering why we think this is a myth. Well, it is technically not true that hard disk drive companies cheat in the way they calculate storage space. Think of it as "creative manipulation of reality ". Oddly enough, many accountants and stock traders who tried similar things have been thrown into jail. "


about HDD Regenerator, i suggest Google > "hiren boot" download, and look for HDD Tools and there you go... Hdd Regenerator ( you will have to boot from the CD )

*** my suggestion is to copy whatever you can from that HDD before using the regenerator ...