Hd Problem!!!!

[vr67]

I recently got myself a 320 gb wd hd. After having a lot of pain with it I finally got Xp installed but, when I partitioned my Hd it only showed me that I have 298GB available can someone tell me why???

 

[Neodude1123201]

*Clears throat*

GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes
GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

What the O/S calls a gigabyte is actually a gibibyte (GiB) = 1*1024*1024*1024=1073741824 bytes.

320000000000 / 1073741824 = 298.02 (GiB)

320 GB = 298 GiB

 

[ohnoes]

he said it all............

 

[vr67]

why???

 

[Neodude1123201]

Why what?

*Clears throat*

GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes
GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

What the O/S calls a gigabyte is actually a gibibyte (GiB) = 1*1024*1024*1024=1073741824 bytes.

320000000000 / 1073741824 = 298.02 (GiB)

320 GB = 298 GiB

Crystal Clear.

 

[JogaBonito1502]

I think he's asking why is it that way. But who would know? Well, maybe some people, but I sure don't.

 

[A True Folder]

It's the difference between the real world and the way marketing sees the world

Well posted too Neodude btw