Can My Comp Read Over 137 Gbs?

[ninjamonkey]

alright, I installed thre 120 drive, but then i click on properties and it says it only has 111 Gigs. Is this normal?

[lynx]

Yes.

Windows assumes 1GB = 1024x1024x1024
Drive makers assume 1GB = 1000,000,000

So drive capacity shown by windows is only about 93% of what the makers state.

[ninjamonkey]

those bastards!!

I'm already down to 99 gigs from "120".

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by Keikan@18 July 2004 - 03:56
Back in my day Maxtor was called "Quantum"

No. Maxtor was around at the same time as Quantum. Maxtor bought out Quantum.

I can remember back when data was stored on cassette tape. To load a file of a few KBs took a long time.