-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
- From: "Lilian" <lilian.oswaldocruz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:45:28 -0300
Wait a minute... isn´t 1,073,741,824 larger than 1,000,000,000??? So if
they sell you 1,000,000,000 bytes you are actually getting 73,741,824 bytes
extra for free. Or did I get this wrong? Its 2 am and my brain is fuzzy
<vbg>
Lil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 2008-09-13 01:43
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
This difference is because a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes but to save
money and to make their products sound larger and better than they really
are, manufacturers now refer to a gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 6:37 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format--
>It will be reported as a
> little smaller than what the manufacturer says it can hold, but that's
> normal. For instance, my 320GB drive shows up as a 298.08GB drive.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
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