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PaulW

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 14:02

space also used/stolent for allocation tables & partition info, etc...


Robbo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:56

So why 117 not 112/125 or such :S


PaulW

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:56

didnt read james-td's response :lol:


PaulW

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:55

storage devices say 1000000 bytes is 1Mb to make it look good, yet in real terms 1048576bytes is 1Mb...

THATS why all drives under-read the advertised length... (117Mb as apposed to 128Mb)


Pablo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:49

thought so :o




























:lol:


James_DT

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:49

quote:
Originally posted by P4UL
Please enlighten us

Fine, but it's gunna be boring. :P
Storage manufacturers quote storage sizes using BASE10, so there's 1000b per mb, 1000mb per gb etc, where as data is measured in BASE2, so there's 1024b per mb, 1024mb per gb etc. Once the harddrive is formatted, the OS shows the size in BASE2 so it appears to hold less.


Corsa E-Tec

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:27

i use my digi cam as a memory stick :lol: with a 256 SD card.


Pablo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:26

Please enlighten us


James_DT

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:24

This is usually the case with computer storage, the reason is just for geeks so I'll spare you all :P


michelle

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:15

I have 122mb on mine


Robbo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:12

:( Not fair my garage is only a bit more than 11MB think of all the porn pics i cud carry around on that 11MB they nicked :(


Marc

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:10

my 20gb hdd is only 18.6gb :mad:


Pablo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:09

Thats how it works, its gay, Ive got 120GB and 160GB hard disks and I dont have that much space on them :(


Robbo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:08

Yes what Pablo?


Pablo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:07

Yes


Robbo

 posted on 20th Sep 04 at 13:06

:mad: Its a 128MB key but the bloody volume is only 117MB according to the properties :mad: Robbing bastards :(