A1A2
New member
is this normal? I installed a new 60 gig HD and it turned out to be 55.5Gig big only. Did I install wrong or did I just get my azz ripped off??
ola
Newbie
It's marketing.
60G = 60 000 000 000 in the normal world. But since the factor "1000" in for example 1kB is actually 1024 in the computer world, you get these missleading figures. I.e. 1kB is 1024 B, not 1000B.
So, 60 000 000 000 bytes divided by1024 to get kB is 58593750kB, which divided again by 1024 gives you 57220,5MB and divided by 1024 again, 55,8GB.
It was decided at some world computer meeting back in -95 that the computer meaning of kilobyte (1024 bytes) should be written kiB, 1024 kiB should be written MeB and so on to avoid confusion. But it never caught on.
/Ola
60G = 60 000 000 000 in the normal world. But since the factor "1000" in for example 1kB is actually 1024 in the computer world, you get these missleading figures. I.e. 1kB is 1024 B, not 1000B.
So, 60 000 000 000 bytes divided by1024 to get kB is 58593750kB, which divided again by 1024 gives you 57220,5MB and divided by 1024 again, 55,8GB.
It was decided at some world computer meeting back in -95 that the computer meaning of kilobyte (1024 bytes) should be written kiB, 1024 kiB should be written MeB and so on to avoid confusion. But it never caught on.
/Ola
A1A2
New member
wow, you gotta stick around this fourm, computer master!!! lol
I sure will run into questions on PC again.
thanks very much for the explaination
I sure will run into questions on PC again.
thanks very much for the explaination
ola
Newbie
Stick around this forum? I think 90% of my 1600 posts are in this forum.
Beware or I'll redirect you to the search page
Beware or I'll redirect you to the search page