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hard disk storage question

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June 27, 2006 2:05:15 AM

I just installed a new 300gb drive and it has nothing on it. I click on the properties window and it says "free space 2999,989,655,552 bytes 279gb".

So why is the "bytes" 20gb larger than the "gb" number?

Eddie

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June 27, 2006 6:09:38 PM

wikipedia is your friend:

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As of 2006, most consumer hard drives are defined by their gigabyte-range capacities. The true capacity is usually some number above or below the class designation. Although most hard disk manufacturers' definition of GB is 1,000,000,000 bytes (only computer memory has a natural inclination towards units that are powers of 2), most computer operating systems use the 1,073,741,824 byte definition. This distinction can cause confusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte
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