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Re: my hdd full capacity isn't recognized why is that ? (581 Views)
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my hdd full capacity isn't recognized why is that ?

‎07-25-2011 09:24 AM

i suppose to have 750 gb hdd but i can only see 700 or something, any help ?

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Re: my hdd full capacity isn't recognized why is that ?

‎07-25-2011 09:50 AM

Does yours show around 693GB???


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Re: my hdd full capacity isn't recognized why is that ?

‎07-25-2011 09:53 AM

Hi,

 

What you are seeing is normal, the difference arises because Hard Drive manufacturers call 1000 Bytes a Kilobyte, 1000Kb a Megabyte etc whereas Windows uses 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte, 1024Kb = 1 Megabyte - multiplied up, this is why a 320Gb HDD will show as around 298GB in windows, a 500Gb HDD will show around 465Gb and a 1TB HDD will show 936Gb.

 

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Re: my hdd full capacity isn't recognized why is that ?

‎07-25-2011 09:58 AM

What DavidPK said.:smileywink:


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