hard drive is 160 gig but says its only 149

[gamerxx13]

OKay, i bought a 160 gig western digital harddrive, and windows says its only 149 gig? Why is that, and what happened to my other 11 gigs?

 

[quakefiend420]

something to do with the size of the data blocks(probably not the correct term) on the hdd, if i'm not mistaken...besides its 11 gigs on a 160 drive...dont worry about it

 

[thursday22dp]

probably because 160 is the gigbit's which different than gigabytes. A gigabyte is bigger slightly so with that much gigs they rip you off.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Windows shows capacity (in GB) as the proper 2^30 = 1024 cubed, while hard drive manufacturers use 1000 cubed so you get about 7% less than you'd expect.

 

[CraigRT]

my 120 gig seagate is 111

its normal

 

[Jotho]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
my 120 gig seagate is 111

its normal

Yep

 

[Baked]

152GB w/ the Maxtor Diamond Plus9.

 

[SocrPlyr]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Windows shows capacity (in GB) as the proper 2^30 = 1024 cubed, while hard drive manufacturers use 1000 cubed so you get about 7% less than you'd expect.

Actually, you got it backwards there... windows shows everything in GiB which is Giga-binaryBytes (2^30)... while the harddrives manufacturers put them in GigaBytes (10^9)

Josh

As for the other comments on this thread which has occurred a billion times, they are completely wrong or useless. Also next time Gamer, try doing a search first...

 

[DanDaMan315]

149 on my Samsung 160.

 

[AristoV300]

I have heard that there is a lawsuit in process similar to that with Monitors in the past when they used list the size different to the actual viewable size.

 

[sangyup81]

the hard drive manufacturers are dividing by 1000s instead of 1024s like computers do

 

[Jeff7]

Gigabyte = 1,000,000,000 bytes
Gibibyte = 1,073,741,824 bytes


160,000,000,000/1,073,741,824 = 149.0116119384765625GiB

I have heard that there is a lawsuit in process similar to that with Monitors in the past when they used list the size different to the actual viewable size.

I guess that's why they all list the size, and below it, the viewable size; just like coffee cups always says "warning, as you'd expect when you order hot coffee, contents are hot."
Due to the way CRTs work, the electron beams simply can not scan to the edges of the front glass pane and produce visible light.

 

[Chopstick217]

Originally posted by: sangyup81
the hard drive manufacturers are dividing by 1000s instead of 1024s like computers do

yup

 

[Wheelman56]

My 15 gig is 14.3, my 80 gig is 74.5, my 120 gig is 111.

Its normal, as others have said.

 

[fstime]

Yep, my Seagate 160 gig is also 149 gigs.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: AristoV300
I have heard that there is a lawsuit in process similar to that with Monitors in the past when they used list the size different to the actual viewable size.

Well, that would be pretty foolish. The HD Mfg's are right, MS is wrong.