killxswitch Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 Hi all, it's been a while since I posted. I have a quick question. Santa was awesome enough to buy me a 250gb sata 2 hdd for Christmas. I'm sitting here while it formats. But it only recognizes a little more than 238gb of my drive. Is this a reasonable amount of missing storage space to expect with a drive of this size? In the past the largest hdd i've had was 80gb, so I have no frame of reference. Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fartonmyear Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 yes perfectly normal. example: i have 300gb where only 279 are free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killxswitch Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 Drat. I'm glad nothings wrong, but I'll miss those 12 gigs. Thanks for the info, merry christmas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A6437 Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 I also have a 250gb HD and it says a lil bit over 238GB so i'm guessing this is alrite. merry xmas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmf Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 Hard Drives are measured in Windows using binary system. A Gb is 1,073,741,824 bytes. Hdd makers use 1,000,000,0000 bytes for a Gb thus the discrepancy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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