HD problem??

  • Thread starter Thread starter Olav Rekve
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Olav said:
Bought Twin WD 250 GB hd but both only show 232 GB available slot total???
WTF???
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You're seeing a differences in the definition of what a Gb is.

Drive Manufacturers Gb = 1,000,000,000 bytes
Windows Gb = 1024^3 = 1,073,741,824 bytes

250 Gb (Drive Manufacturers) = 232 Gb (Windows)
 
Bought Twin WD 250 GB hd but both only show 232 GB available slot total???
WTF???
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WTF indeed.... how about calculating the difference between a decimal
gigabyte (which is what the dealer sold you), and a binary gigabyte
(which is what the computer sees)....

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