Apparently the reason for this is the deprecation of gigabyte meaning 1024Mb
The [ostensible] correct term for 1024Mb is gibibyte (as defined by SI units) Gigabyte should now equal 10^9 bytes Sounds bloody stupid to me as Kb, Mb etc have always been powers of 2 -----Original Message----- From: Portman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 December 2005 15:34 To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: [wdvltalk] Hard drive question Hi all, I got a new computer a few weeks ago and was looking around today and found that the hard drive says that its capacity is 71GB and I bought an 80 GB hard drive. I contacted support and they said that there is a utility in System Restore to reinstall Windows that is 4 - 5 GB. Also: Most operating systems define a hard disk drive's capacity using *binary* or *base-2* mathematics. This translates to 1 gigabyte (*GB*) equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes. This is the correct value when using *binary* or *base-2* mathematics. However, hard disk drive manufacturers define drive sizes using *base-10* mathematics, in which 1 GB is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes (rather than the 1,073,741,824 bytes, as listed above). This discrepancy in reporting drive sizes (*base-2* vs. *base-10*) may lead you to believe that you have a hard disk drive of less than expected capacity if you compare the figure reported by the operating system with the figure reported by your documentation, although the actual hard drive size is identical. Microsoft^R Windows^R simply counts the size differently, and will report a different, slightly smaller, figure. One would think that it would be made clear when someone has purchased a computer that an 80 GB hard drive only has a capacity of 71 GB . . . Does anyone have any opinions? Are these valid arguments? TIA, Riva ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. __________ NOD32 1.1319 (20051212) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
