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Thread ID: 99557 2009-05-06 11:35:00 Quistion About Asus M50VC alawi (14692) Press F1
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771522 2009-05-06 11:35:00 Hi everyone yesterday I bout a new Asus M50VC and it suppose that the HDD is 320GB when I try to partition it if found only 300GB the 20GB is not there when is ask the agent they told me it's from the company, that I have return it to them because I suspicious on it, in the laptop they writhe 320GB also on the package anyone have any idea please? alawi (14692)
771523 2009-05-06 11:59:00 it says 320gb but that has to do with the way kb and so forth are worked out i believe.
eg 64GB will only show 60GB

may i ask where did you buy a new Asus M50VC?
sonar (14802)
771524 2009-05-06 12:30:00 I buy it in Sulaimanya, Iraq, it read 300GB before installing Windows, the HDD is fresh and 20GB is much more? alawi (14692)
771525 2009-05-06 12:47:00 sonar is right, because there is 1024meg in a gig you cant say that 320gig is 300000meg.

320gig should show as 300-305gig
hueybot3000 (3646)
771526 2009-05-06 13:13:00 There's Gib and Gb

PCs see hds differently, thats all.

Blam
Blam (54)
771527 2009-05-06 13:57:00 This is first time I see this type I know that after installing there’s deference but 7G or 8G not 20G, could you explain more please why? alawi (14692)
771528 2009-05-06 17:05:00 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes
GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

What the O/S calls a gigabyte is actually a gibibyte (GiB) = 1*1024*1024*1024=1073741824 bytes.

320000000000 / 1073741824 = 298.02 (GiB)

320 GB = 298 GiB

answers.yahoo.com :)
Renmoo (66)
771529 2009-05-06 17:21:00 Thank you for your help but in the laptop they write 320GB exactly such as all other laptops and I have old Asus 120GB gave me about 118Gb and 20GB to be loss is too much. alawi (14692)
771530 2009-05-06 20:25:00 Yeah, if you extrapolate the difference, the loss is approximate 20GB. Have you taken a look at my previous post yet? Renmoo (66)
771531 2009-05-06 21:17:00 A typical 320GB drive will give approximately 300GB of usable space. See Jamuz' post for the workings. Likewise, a 120GB drive will be about 112GB usable.

I have a 500GB drive that is 466GB usable.

The supplier / agent didn't know this??
inphinity (7274)
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