In the Disk Management tool once you look over any partitions created with the XP installer it's common to find a small 1-8mb gap either at the end or beginning and even at both ends of the parition that see that small amount of unallocated drive space. Linux on the other hand has far better hardware detection being a less cluttered and more basic OS where the drive tool picks up on smaller amounts easier then generally seen with Windows which was intended to be more "user friendly" over the UNIX type platform seen with Linux.
"Convenience" not accuracy was built into the XP installer while the Linux drive tool is more thorough. You simply throw Windows on a drive while Linux requires a degree of configuration for most distros. This is why you would generally never notice the 1-8mb of space unless looking for it.
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