My hard drive

[Grr_San_jose_Ca]

Hey guys i was wondering if any of you know why my hard drive is showing up as 74.5 gb when it should say 80 gb? any ideas guys thanks.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Absolutely nothing to worry about.

I have a 123gig hdd, and after formatting, it shows up as 115gig.

It`s to do with the way hard drives get measured. Take a look HERE.

Regards Howard

 

[Grr_San_jose_Ca]

thanks howad always a helper.

 

[ru_ready]

hi

its a simple case of marketing..... 80 gigs in geek speak is ....


1 bit = 8 bytes

bit bit 0 or 1
byte B 8 bits
kibibit Kibit 1024 bits
kilobit kbit 1000 bits
kibibyte (binary) KiB 1024 bytes
kilobyte (decimal) kB 1000 bytes
megabit Mbit 1000 kilobits
mebibyte (binary) MiB 1024 kibibytes
megabyte (decimal) MB 1000 kilobytes
gigabit Gbit 1000 megabits
gibibyte (binary) GiB 1024 mebibytes
gigabyte (decimal) GB 1000 megabytes

in sales and marketing the gig has been rounded off to the thousandth, where as a true gig is 1.04 MB's. in a 80 gig drive, that is the number rounded off in thousands and not in geek speak. hope that helps a bit.

cheers

 

[lukeyu]

business arithmetic: 1GB=1000MB
Actual arithmetic: 1GB=1024MB