I've bought this laptop:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/569896
It says 80GB on the box and on the listing as above but when I check the computer properties I see 66.7GB Total Space.
Is there anyone that explain whyI don't have 80GB.
2007-01-09 09:25:46 · 2 answers · asked by MIss T 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I don't go to links on here because of obvious reasons, who knows what booby traps are waiting but:
Most (all) companies advertise as though the Gb = 1,000,000,000 bytes but in actuality, in memory it is = 1,073,741,824 bytes.
This means that a HD with an advertised capacity of 80Gb in actuality has 72.8Gb. I'm guessing the rest is used in the OS and programs that are loaded.
This is a common screw for the common man/woman.
2007-01-09 09:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the hard drive is partitioned to give an extra partition to keep a backup copy of the operating system in, that takes away from the size of the partition that your pc is running on now. this is quite normal nowadays
2007-01-09 17:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋