Formatting 1TB HDD

[voyagerfan99]

Is there any way to format a 1TB drive and try to prevent such a large loss of space upon format?

 

[The_Other_One]

It's called marketing. There is no loss of space, the drive simply does not have as much space as advertised. It's the whole 1000 bytes = 1024 bytes deal.

 

[voyagerfan99]

It's called marketing. There is no loss of space, the drive simply does not have as much space as advertised. It's the whole 1000 bytes = 1024 bytes deal.

Rawr

 

[linkin]

I really wish that when they advertise drive space it should say:

"250GB*"

where * goes to this:

"*232GB actual storage space"

Or they could just make HDD's that use proper space (1024b instead of 1000b)

 

[Mr soft]

Yeh the higher you go the more you lose
You always feel a bit ripped off when you buy a new drive.

 

[voyagerfan99]

Yeh the higher you go the more you lose
You always feel a bit ripped off when you buy a new drive.

Well in any case the shell shocker on Newegg is a 1TB WD Green for $75, which I consider a steal, so I bought one.

 

[aviation_man]

Well in any case the shell shocker on Newegg is a 1TB WD Green for $75, which I consider a steal, so I bought one.

You still get a good bit out of it though

 

[voyagerfan99]

You still get a good bit out of it though

It's bigger than my 750GB drive haha

 

[aviation_man]

lol. How much was taken away? I know when I bought my 500Gb there was only 35 taken away..

 

[superldg]

Read HERE. Especially comments by K77.

 

[Homenet]

Yeh, technically your not loosing any space but you need to realise the difference beetween a gigabit and a gibabyte

 

[Springy182]

I really wish that when they advertise drive space it should say:

"250GB*"

where * goes to this:

"*232GB actual storage space"

Or they could just make HDD's that use proper space (1024b instead of 1000b)

Here here.