This is not exactly true.
The hard drive makers ARE using 1024, they just round off the numbers.
Which - in reality - provides a more accurate description of the true
drive size.
In Jun's case, his drive is labeled as a 6.4Gig,
but he "sees" a 6.01Gig drive --- which is:
6.01 times 1,024 times 1,024 times 1,024
and that equals 6,453,188,362
or 6.4G when rounded off.
So if someone only views his drive with the Windows Explorer or My
Computer, it will seem to be smaller. But if he runs scandisk, then looks
at the report, the "real" numbers will be displayed. And if he looks at
the PROPERTIES of the drive then s/he will see BOTH numbers.
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jun Qian <[log in to unmask]>
> No idea why (maybe marketing reason), but they always divided by 1000,
not
> 1024, so when you see a label 9.1G, it's not. My 6.4G harddisk shows
real size
> is 6.01G. Do they know 1Gb is 1024Mb, 1Mb is 1024Kb? I guess they know
it, but
> never using it.
>
> J Qian
>
> "Changhsu P. Liu" wrote:
>
> > I think I have seen explanation before, but I don't remember the
details.
> > I bought a 9.1GB drive and according to the specification it's 9.1GB
> > formatted. But, after I formatted it, it showed up as only around
8.5GB. Do
> > HD manufacturers use different scale system than most OSs (e.g.,
divided by
> > 1000 instead of 1024 so their numbers are always bigger than the
actual
> > number shown on our system)? Why do they continue to do that if I
rember
> > the reason correctly?
>
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