incorect size reported for hard drive

[andrew]

why is windows seeing hard drives smaller than what they
are and how can i corest this please help

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

why is windows seeing hard drives smaller than what they
are and how can i corest this please help

Please supply full details.

 

[Guest]

i have an 80gig hdd and when i look in my computer it reads 76 gig...this is normal as when you install a hdd they always read smaller than what they are

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

i have an 80gig hdd and when i look in my computer it reads 76 gig...this

is normal as when you install a hdd they always read smaller than what they
are

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It depends on your counting system. If you assume that 1000 Bytes=1 kByte
then 80 GBytes sounds about right. If you assume that 1024 Bytes= 1 kByte
then 76 GBytes would be correct. Both measures are in use.

 

[Mike]

80 gig is the unformatted capacity. Formatted NTFS, it
will be about 76 gig. FAT32 will allow about 73 gig
usable space.

Same thing as is in effect with a floppy disk. They're
1.44 mb unformatted - 1.38 something formatted.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
i have an 80gig hdd and when i look in my computer it

reads 76 gig...this is normal as when you install a hdd
they always read smaller than what they are