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Disk Space
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 8:49 am
by Intel
I have floppy disks which say 1.44MB on them, yet Windows shows that the capacity is 1.38MB.
My hard disk is supposed to be 40GB yet there is 38.1GB available. Why is there not the space there is supposed to be?
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 9:30 am
by DocSilly
See, it's a conspiracy, the storage companies sell you 40gigs and deliver only 38gigs and they put the remaining 2gigs into their own pocket .... j/k
It's just that Explorer and the HDD companies calculate their sizes slightly differently. One uses 1024x1024x1024 bytes for 1 GB, the others use 1000x1000x1000 bytes to calculate 1 GB.
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 3:08 pm
by Busby
The HD companies generally use 1000x1000x1000 and Windows/DOS/whatever uses 1024x1024x1024. I think. HD companies use whatever makes the drive look bigger, Windows uses the opposite. It's all marketing!
Some also base it on
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 3:24 pm
by eGoCeNTRoNiX
1028 don't they? eGo
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 7:22 pm
by NascarFool
Nope, it's 1024.
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 7:37 am
by canton_kid
ya, it's theft by the big guys again.
I bought a 80 drive have 75gig free maybe?
120gig??? 38gig on one partition, 75gig on the other, total? 113?
Grrr, oh well,