Western Digital HDD

[Mandos]

Hmm.. I've got 120 gig that I fixed up and did the data lifegaurd crap and set it up but it seems to have formatted to the wrong size, 111 gigs.... also, I thinkit might be the cause of the windows installation going to heck on the primary drive. ANy tools I can use on both the HDD"s to prepare them to use again?

 

[TitanDiddly]

Rightforum = 0

 

[Safeway]

Not formatted to wrong size. The old and well known 1000 vs 1024 deal + index room, etc.

 

[Mandos]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Rightforum = 0

Oh come on dude everyone else does it, and as if anyone actually goes to the other forums anyway. I don't even realise AT has other forums cept for OT..

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Safeway
Not formatted to wrong size. The old and well known 1000 vs 1024 deal + index room, etc.

 

[aircooled]

for marketing reasons hard drive manufacturers use 1000 rather than 1024 in their math

 

[bockchow]

you have a hardware virus, your HDD will be dead within a week. best bet is to burn the whole system and all network hardware and cables. start fresh with a whole new set-up.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: aircooled
for marketing reasons hard drive manufacturers use 1000 rather than 1024 in their math

Why is that?

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: Mandos

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Rightforum = 0

Oh come on dude everyone else does it, and as if anyone actually goes to the other forums anyway. I don't even realise AT has other forums cept for OT..

Posting in the wrong forum happens. However to say that nobody goes to the other forums and you not realizing that there are other forums on a HARDWARE REVIEW website earns you massive amounts of Stupid Points.

 

[BHeemsoth]

Originally posted by: Mandos

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Rightforum = 0

Oh come on dude everyone else does it, and as if anyone actually goes to the other forums anyway. I don't even realise AT has other forums cept for OT..

There are many many people who come to AT but do not frequent ATOT.

The answer has already been given in this thread, yet you are too dense to pick up on it.

No one give this arrogant douche bag any more help.

Bring it to GH or peripherals.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: aircooled
for marketing reasons hard drive manufacturers use 1000 rather than 1024 in their math

Why is that?

So they can call a 111gb hard drive a 120gb hard drive.

 

[Safeway]

As mentioned in another thread, these companies are whack. A CD-R or RW that is 700mb actual is 700mb. Jump to a DVD-R and it's back to the funny math.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Mandos

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Rightforum = 0

Oh come on dude everyone else does it, and as if anyone actually goes to the other forums anyway. I don't even realise AT has other forums cept for OT..

STFU.

As has already been mentioned, this is how HD companies like to pump up their storage numbers. One gigabyte in HD marketing is one billion bytes (1000000000 = 1000^3) instead of the real number (1073741824 = 1024^3). All the HD manufactures do this though, so at least its standarized...

Post in right forum next time.