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I bought one of those 150gb WD raptor bad boys and it only shows up as having 140GB in Xp. What's the deal??? I know a HD doesn't show the full capacity but I am missing 10gb!!
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WD Raptor 150
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I think doing a bit of "search" would help, wouldn't it?
The problem is this: you have 150 Gigabytes (1000x1000x1000 bytes). Windows is reporting it as 139 Gibibytes (1024x1024x1024 bytes). You actually have all your bytes, so don't worry. It's just the different units used that causes this confusion.
Also, you said "I know a HD doesn't show the full capacity" -- if you already know this, then why are you surprised? That is the missing (i.e. misreported) capacity.
The problem is this: you have 150 Gigabytes (1000x1000x1000 bytes). Windows is reporting it as 139 Gibibytes (1024x1024x1024 bytes). You actually have all your bytes, so don't worry. It's just the different units used that causes this confusion.
Also, you said "I know a HD doesn't show the full capacity" -- if you already know this, then why are you surprised? That is the missing (i.e. misreported) capacity.
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well my last PC had 2 74gb Hitachi drives in Raid0 and was reported as 153 gb so you tell me.
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Yes, but they were advertised as a 74gb not an 80gb.
Yes, but they were advertised as a 74gb not an 80gb.
Marketing my friend, marketing.
Wouldn't it be GiB and GB?
Commonly a lower-case `b; is denoted as the abbreviation for bit(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte#Gigabytes_vs._gigabits
The lower case `g' is neither a SI- nor an IEEE-binary prefix.