Very quick HDD size question (Manufacture count size vs real size) - DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate

**geaveheadeNox** · 07-22-2007, 04:18 PM

Hitachi's new 1TB HD.

How big is it really? What will my OS see it as?

Can't do the math.

**LSg44PDu** · 07-22-2007, 04:48 PM

It will see it as 950Gb, +/- 5Gb.

**ARKLqAZ6** · 07-22-2007, 05:02 PM

1 TB = 10^12 = 1 000 000 000 000
1 000 000 000 000 / 2^30 =~ 931.3 GiB

**Emunsesoxmete** · 07-22-2007, 05:36 PM

just multiply the manufacturers quote in GB by 0.931 to find out what available storage Windows will give you. Bear in mind that the actual figure will still vary by a few GB still.

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ARKLqAZ6 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	1 TB = 10^12 = 1 000 000 000 000 1 000 000 000 000 / 2^30 =~ 931.3 GiB Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Emunsesoxmete Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 593 Senior Member	just multiply the manufacturers quote in GB by 0.931 to find out what available storage Windows will give you. Bear in mind that the actual figure will still vary by a few GB still. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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