This may be a stupid question (I can be really brain-dead when it comes to computers) but I'm hoping someone here can answer it for me.

I just bought the new laptop that I was asking about in a previous thread. It is supposed to have a 200GB HD but, when I look at the C drive it lists it as being Drive C - 173GB and Drive D - 5.87GB (let's call this one 6GB). Obviously, it is partitioned which doesn't bother me. What I am concerned about is the total size.

Does the system that was delivered to me therefore have a smaller HD than it was supposed to (ie. 180GB instead of 200GB) or is the rest of it simply being eaten up by the abominatin that is Vista?