120 GB harddrive only 98 GB
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OmegaX said:
They use some kind of trick to decieve you.
ie they may refer to 1GB = 1000MBs, where 1MB= 1000KB, and 1KB = 1000 bytes but the computer will refer to 1GB as 1024MBs. Where 1MB = 1024KBs and 1KB = 1024 Bytes. Something like that.
In other words...those bastards.
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1 megabyte = 1024 kbyte 1048576 bytes
1 gb = 1024 mb = 1048576 kbytes = 1073741824 bytes
120 gb = 122880 mb = 125829120 kbytes = 128849018880 bytes
but HD's are always cut in bytes,
so that would make 120000000000 bytes, cut trough 1024 x 3 = 111,7 gb, minus the gigabytes used for the harddrive structure, I think thats around 10 % so 111,7 minus 10% = around 100,5 gb. I am pretty sure the 10 % is cut in the bytes, so it could come lower then 100 gb, so your 98 GB could be that.
could be complete BS, But I walways believed it went like that with HD's
anyway, you will never get the full compacity, things don't work like that, my 300 gb HDD is 279 GB in realty, I think you have to look at the bytes, my HDD is cut in bytes, It might be that the whole structure taking gigs is complete bullshi, and I miscalculated the bytes, i dunno, anyway
You can do some searches on google for a better answer.
1 gb = 1024 mb = 1048576 kbytes = 1073741824 bytes
120 gb = 122880 mb = 125829120 kbytes = 128849018880 bytes
but HD's are always cut in bytes,
so that would make 120000000000 bytes, cut trough 1024 x 3 = 111,7 gb, minus the gigabytes used for the harddrive structure, I think thats around 10 % so 111,7 minus 10% = around 100,5 gb. I am pretty sure the 10 % is cut in the bytes, so it could come lower then 100 gb, so your 98 GB could be that.
could be complete BS, But I walways believed it went like that with HD's
anyway, you will never get the full compacity, things don't work like that, my 300 gb HDD is 279 GB in realty, I think you have to look at the bytes, my HDD is cut in bytes, It might be that the whole structure taking gigs is complete bullshi, and I miscalculated the bytes, i dunno, anyway
You can do some searches on google for a better answer.
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BIOS updates only help old motherboards to recognise newer HDDs, doesnt help 120gb drives to read as 120gb drives. Like EVIL says, 120gb is only designed to register as 111gb, its normal. Just remove 1/8th of the 'market' drive size and then take a few off for the usage the drive needs to manage itself (file system) and that's what you're left with.
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There are a few things going on.
One is the 1024 vs 1000 counting. The first being what is actually is and the other being how they advertise the drive. Why? Probably because they figure most people don't understand bianary so they use base 10.
Next, think of a harddrive as an empty wooden box on it's side. You want to use that box to store items. Best way to maximize your space while keeping everything in order would be to put in shelves which take up space. That's like formating a drive.
Maybe Windows it taking some of that space for itself, system files and such. Dunno
Also, when I had 2 80G drives (same exact drive) and I formated one within windows while the other I formated via bootdisk. One came out smaller than the other. Both non-OS drives.
One is the 1024 vs 1000 counting. The first being what is actually is and the other being how they advertise the drive. Why? Probably because they figure most people don't understand bianary so they use base 10.
Next, think of a harddrive as an empty wooden box on it's side. You want to use that box to store items. Best way to maximize your space while keeping everything in order would be to put in shelves which take up space. That's like formating a drive.
Maybe Windows it taking some of that space for itself, system files and such. Dunno
Also, when I had 2 80G drives (same exact drive) and I formated one within windows while the other I formated via bootdisk. One came out smaller than the other. Both non-OS drives.
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Windows has a "lock" where the OS only recognizes a maximum amount of space on a HD. I bought a 180Gig and windows only saw 137Gig. I had to use a partition program to resize my HD to around 175Gig.
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When they say your hard drive is 120GB, they actually mean it is 120 billion bytes. That is what most people perceive a GB to be, so that's no problem, but 1GB actually equals 2^30 bytes = 1.073 billion bytes. So, your 120 billion byte hard-drive should be 111.76GB in capacity. Both of these mean the same thing, it's just that they call it GB rather than billion bytes (which is actually what the word Gigabyte should mean, because literally it means billion byte, but anyways...) Since it should say something like 111.7GB, 98GB is not correct. I had something like that with my backup drive. I have my 160GB (actually 149GB) split into a 139GB drive and a 10GB drive. A while back there where a few gigs missing from the backup drive and it was over half full. I simply moved everything over to my main drive, formatted it, and put everything back. After that I had all my space back. Something to note, though, is that the total size still said 10GB, its just that space was being used up for no good reason. Check the total size for yours, if it is not 111.7GB then something is wrong. All I can think is to format it, but maybe that's not possible. Hopefully you have somewhere else to store your stuff while you try formatting it.
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Oh yeah, there is also when windows only recongnizes a certain capacity, but like you said, it will recognize up to 137GB. That is no conincidence, but is the exact amount that all windows recognize unless you tell it otherwise, so that is not the issue here.
