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HD Advertised Capacity is such a SCAM!

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Well... my 600GB RAID5 array that I use for storage actually formats to 599.8GB of usable space. So I'm not complaining 🙂
 
Originally posted by: jiwq
When I right click😛roperties on my 200GB hd, it shows 200,000,000,000 bytes and change, so I'm happy. 1000 bytes = KB seems perfectly logical to me.
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I call BS. Screenshot please.
 
Originally posted by: Viperoni
Is it the HD manufacturers fault that the OS makers specify a kilobyte to be 1024 byes?

What about file systems where a kilobyte is only 1000 bytes?
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you can't, it is based off of the binary system not the decimal system so it doesn't work that way

I know, kind of frustrating. My "80GB" drive is really 77 or something like that :disgust:
 
I think this is the 48934758745th time this topic has been brought up.

Do the math and quit throwing a pity party that the 200GB you bought for $30 bucks is taking 10-20GB away.
 
Originally posted by: Namuna
Ahhhhhh, the overwhelming "love" in responses is joyous.

Sorry to bring up such an OLD topic, I just wanted to rant because I was all excited about getting my new "300gb" drive to have a chunk of the happy chopped down when I see it only formats to 279gb and was reminded of the 1000bytes/1024bytes BS.
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If you already knew about the whole 1000 vs 1024, why would it suprise you that your 300gb shows up as 279gb? Are you stupid or an idiot?

You already know something yet you still surprise yourself? wow.
 
IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) has made it official.
Kilobyte = 1000 bytes
Kibibyte = 1024 bytes


This is like English vs metric. One is archaic, one is simple. And like English vs metric, we seem to use the archaic, difficult system.

QUICK! How many bytes in a gibibyte? 2^30. Ok......now put that in meaningful terms.
Gigabyte? 1 billion.
How many gibibytes on DVD, with 4,700,000,000 bytes? Let me get a calculator.....4.3772161006927490234375Gi.
How many gigabytes? 4.7. That was easy.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) has made it official.
Kilobyte = 1000 bytes
Kibibyte = 1024 bytes


This is like English vs metric. One is archaic, one is simple. And like English vs metric, we seem to use the archaic, difficult system.

QUICK! How many bytes in a gibibyte? 2^30. Ok......now put that in meaningful terms.
Gigabyte? 1 billion.
How many gibibytes on DVD, with 4,700,000,000 bytes? Let me get a calculator.....4.3772161006927490234375Gi.
How many gigabytes? 4.7. That was easy.
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IEC can ah heck off! Computers use binary. Bytes have always been measured in powers of 2.

See: RAM
 
does this keep you awake at night.....have you written and angry letter to the drive manufacturers....seriously stop crying about it like a little girl 😛
 
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
does this keep you awake at night.....have you written and angry letter to the drive manufacturers....seriously stop crying about it like a little girl 😛
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Technically speaking, I doubt that many little girls cry about this sort of thing.
😛

IEC can ah heck off! Computers use binary. Bytes have always been measured in powers of 2.
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Psh, yeah, and men have historically had dominance over women. Humans have a history of holding slaves. Does that make it right? HMM????
Stop the inhuman treatment of bytes!
Have you hugged a byte today?
No, I have no idea where this is going. But hey, it's not the destination that counts, it's the journey, right?
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Jeff7
IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) has made it official.
Kilobyte = 1000 bytes
Kibibyte = 1024 bytes


This is like English vs metric. One is archaic, one is simple. And like English vs metric, we seem to use the archaic, difficult system.

QUICK! How many bytes in a gibibyte? 2^30. Ok......now put that in meaningful terms.
Gigabyte? 1 billion.
How many gibibytes on DVD, with 4,700,000,000 bytes? Let me get a calculator.....4.3772161006927490234375Gi.
How many gigabytes? 4.7. That was easy.
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IEC can ah heck off! Computers use binary. Bytes have always been measured in powers of 2.

See: RAM
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And metric prefixes pre-date bytes. It's sort of like changing the definition of red: "screw that, it's not blue, I'm gonna call it red from now on"
 
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