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Does anyone have a clue as to why the size of a hard drive as reported by Windows or DOS is always smaller than what the manufacturer advertises the drive size as?
For example, I just bought a notebook from Dell and the specs say it contains a 10 GB hard drive. Windows reports the size as only 9.08 GB.
I also have a 10 GB drive from Western Digital that I bought and installed in my desktop. Windows reports the size as 9.2 GB.
I've called Western Digital and Dell. They give me some excuse about windows not reporting the right size and the manufacturer using a different method to measure the disk capacity and Blah Blah Blah...
I've used partition magic to create a 10 GB partition from a 30 GB drive, so I know how many bytes it takes to make a 10 GB drive. The manufacturers always fall short of the advertised size.
Seems like false advertising to me.
For example, I just bought a notebook from Dell and the specs say it contains a 10 GB hard drive. Windows reports the size as only 9.08 GB.
I also have a 10 GB drive from Western Digital that I bought and installed in my desktop. Windows reports the size as 9.2 GB.
I've called Western Digital and Dell. They give me some excuse about windows not reporting the right size and the manufacturer using a different method to measure the disk capacity and Blah Blah Blah...
I've used partition magic to create a 10 GB partition from a 30 GB drive, so I know how many bytes it takes to make a 10 GB drive. The manufacturers always fall short of the advertised size.
Seems like false advertising to me.