HD issue werid

[Cabbs]

I think HDD manufacturers and Windows count bytes in different ways. It's not that you lose space, it's just measured differently. The bigger the drive is, the bigger the "loss" is.

 

[user12]

oh well i've accepted the fact im suckered outa 6 gigs and have got an ubuntu install on it.

 

[Cabbs]

oh well i've accepted the fact im suckered outa 6 gigs and have got an ubuntu install on it.

You didn't get suckered out of anything, it's that HDD manufacturers and Windows measure's space differently.

 

[Air]

this is what i came up with

1024 b= 1kb
1024kb= 1Mb
1024Mb= 1Gb
the hard drive company rounds these numbers to 1000

1,073,741,824b = 1Gb actual space
1,000,000,000b = 1Gb rounded space

120,000,000,000/ 1,073,741,824 ≈ 111.8 Gb

your actually getting more than you should