i have a 200 gb hdd....making it about 203gb total, but its only show 189gb, i kno that its is always smaller but this 1 has some thing that says it will always show no less than 197gb when formated and windows xp installed, i dont even use it as a primary hdd its my backup drive.
2007-02-14 11:10:37 · 4 answers · asked by stuntmaster84 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Hard disk capacities are sold in decimal GB, but all OS's and programs deal with binary GB.
203 "gigabytes" x 1000 x 1000 x 1000 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 = 189GB
They really shouldn't be allowed to fool the customer that way, but all HD manufactures do it.
2007-02-14 11:18:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My 200 GB hard drive is 189 also. Its just they way they do it. its a ripoff, but theres nothing you can do about it. I was mad when I learned that the first time. So basically if you want 200gb drive, you need to get a 250gb.
2007-02-14 19:29:14 · answer #2 · answered by Mashu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually.......a 200gb drive really means ~195 gb usable space after partitioning and formatting. If you already have files on it, then yes, some space would be taken up.
2007-02-14 19:16:40 · answer #3 · answered by robinbatteau 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its the way they view space compared to the way windows veiws space
plus windows takes up some room
2007-02-14 19:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Mike Ludkips 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋