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| 538905 | 2007-04-08 02:12:00 | I have just installed a 160BG internal hardrive which appears as 149.05 GB after formatting. Is that what I should see? If so why is it called 160GB? | bpt2 (6653) | ||
| 538906 | 2007-04-08 02:18:00 | What OS? & how old is your computer? | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 538907 | 2007-04-08 02:32:00 | Here's a formula to convert retail size to actual size. This assumes that the manufacturer is using 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes (instead of 1GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes as they should). Actual Drive Size = Retail Drive Size * 0.931 This formula is an approximation. Many times they'll round the drive size somewhat, but this gives you a rough idea of the real world space. For Quick Reference: 36gb = 33.5gb 40gb = 37gb 60gb = 55gb 74gb = 69gb 80gb = 74gb 100gb = 93gb 120gb = 112gb 160gb = 149gb 200gb = 186gb 250gb = 233gb 300gb = 279gb 350gb = 326gb 400gb = 372gb 500gb = 465gb These are rounded to the nearest gigabyte. From www.sudhian.com |
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| 538908 | 2007-04-08 02:37:00 | Hard drive manufactures measure 1GB as 1000MB whereas the operating system measures 1GB as 1024MB. It still confuses me a little so check out wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org). Plus theres a little overhead when the drive is partitioned, etc. | sal (67) | ||
| 538909 | 2007-04-08 05:05:00 | I think its called using the Decimal system instead of the Binary System. GB instead of GiB | jamesyboi (6579) | ||
| 538910 | 2007-04-08 16:05:00 | Thanks, that clears that up. | bpt2 (6653) | ||
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