i have a 640gb wdc HD black but ive lost some HD space

[kholdmire]

Hi,

Its been bothering me for sometime that i have lost a huge amount of space in my HD

i have a 640gb HD i know that its not really 640gb its some what lesser.. and when i

checked it up all i have is around 596GB where did the other space went?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Sounds normal to me.

The actual formatted capacity of a 640 gig drive is about 596 gigs.

Formatted capacity is about 7% less than advertised capacity.

 

[kholdmire]

oh ok thanks, then its just my dilema then.. thanks for the enlightenment

 

[whs]

The numbers the system shows are in binary. The number the sticker shows is in decimal. And at the GB level, the difference (in numbers) is about 7%. But 93GB in binary are still 100 billion bytes.

 

[kholdmire]

i was thinking that they where using 1024 count, but oh well i guess i need to make an external HD as storage

 

[whs]

i was thinking that they where using 1024 count, but oh well i guess i need to make an external HD as storage

You are right, now multiply 1024x1024x1024 to get to GBs, and you will see that it is 7% more in value. So 100GBs in binary would be 107GB in decimal.

 

[GeneO]

It's because you have to live with less if you are a nerd and live in the base 2 world. Those base 10 bullies just kick their excess bits in your face. Ouch!

 

[Britton30]

have a read here: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...vertized-size-vs-actual-size.html#post1290106