New Hard Drive

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by Nic, Dec 30, 2005.

  1. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    So I got my new hard drive. Put it in, partitioned it and formatted it but its only showing up as 298gb?? Surely that can't be right. Its supposed to be 320gb. Is there something Ive done wrong?
     
  2. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    320000000000bytes=298.0232238769531gb
     
  3. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    HDD manufactures measure everything in 1000's instead of 1024's coz it makes the drives look bigger :dsmile2:
     
  4. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    Damnit thats bull. I figured itd be something like that I didn't know about.. Damn good job I got the 320 instead of the 300.
     
  5. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    i must admit, its a pain in the :swear: as i like to keep my partitions in nice neat sizes.... and if i want to use the whole of the drive i end up with a partition with xx.x GB

    Call me nutty, i just like my pc 'neat and tidey' (as my room is a complete tip, i can only get to my bed + computer :p)
     
  6. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    Lol nah my pc being messy is a reflection of me :) its just like my room..bits missing..things in the wrong place and barely accesible. Just the way I like it :)
     
  7. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    [ot]My theory is, If it aint in your way, don't clean it[/ot]
     
  8. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    [OT][OT][OT][OT][OT][OT][OT] lol, this is a off topic off topic off topic off topic off topic off topic off topic! [/OT][/OT][/OT][/OT][/OT][/OT][/OT]
     
  9. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    No need for spam!
     
  10. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    [ot]My theory is, If it aint in your way, don't clean it and if it is in your way, climb over it :)[/ot]
     

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