HDD said it was 160 Gigs, only lets me use 149 Gigs, where'd the rest go???

bamhm182 · 08-05-2006, 12:02 PM

I got a 160 gig HDD, when I partitioned it, the most it'd let me use is 149, is that a problem with my mobo? If not than how can I get it back? If so, I'll be getting a new mobo soon anyways, so it won't matter. Thanks

dave597 · 08-05-2006, 12:03 PM

manufacturers and windows use different ways of counting bytes, that 149 is correct.

bamhm182 · 08-05-2006, 12:16 PM

ah, alright, thanks. Man, that's be great if all computer things were univeral, things would be so much easier to figure out.

spamdos · 08-06-2006, 04:54 AM

agreed, its the same deal with ram and stuff as well.

mrjack · 08-06-2006, 02:30 PM

When they advertise HDD's they mean that 1Mb is 1000Kb when it actually is 1024Kb. They just want to get a bigger number on the ads.

Redbull{wings} · 08-06-2006, 05:43 PM

sometimes windows will also secretly take some space and use it for storing partition info this space isnt shown in your hard drives total capacity so the drive will seem a bit smaller(and because of the post above)

ADE · 08-06-2006, 05:44 PM

Well it could be used as the system restore which makes a partition and can use a few GB.

Burgerbob · 08-06-2006, 07:28 PM

My WD 160 came out to be 149... its not a big deal for me.

Bobo · 08-06-2006, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Burgerbob

My WD 160 came out to be 149... its not a big deal for me.

Let's do some math here.

Companies always use 1GB=1,000,000,000 (1 billion) bytes.
But in reality, a GB is 1,073,741,824 bytes

so the company says the hard drive is 160,000,000,000 bytes, which it is. (160 "gigabytes")
but divide 160,000,000,000 bytes by the real gigabyte, 1,073,741,824 bytes, and what do you get? 149.11GB. Viola, there is your number.

g33 m4n · 08-07-2006, 03:36 AM

haha. yeah nice goin with the maths

08-05-2006, 12:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
bamhm182 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado (USA) Age: 16 Posts: 617	HDD said it was 160 Gigs, only lets me use 149 Gigs, where'd the rest go??? I got a 160 gig HDD, when I partitioned it, the most it'd let me use is 149, is that a problem with my mobo? If not than how can I get it back? If so, I'll be getting a new mobo soon anyways, so it won't matter. Thanks

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spamdos Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canberra Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,107	agreed, its the same deal with ram and stuff as well. __________________ "Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum" Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe. Australia will rule the world one day.

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08-05-2006, 12:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	manufacturers and windows use different ways of counting bytes, that 149 is correct.

08-05-2006, 12:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
bamhm182 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado (USA) Age: 16 Posts: 617	ah, alright, thanks. Man, that's be great if all computer things were univeral, things would be so much easier to figure out.

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Redbull{wings} Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Behind you! Posts: 992	sometimes windows will also secretly take some space and use it for storing partition info this space isnt shown in your hard drives total capacity so the drive will seem a bit smaller(and because of the post above)

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ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	Well it could be used as the system restore which makes a partition and can use a few GB.

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g33 m4n Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bunbury, Western Australia Age: 17 Posts: 61	haha. yeah nice goin with the maths

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