09-03-2007, 02:16 AM
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Whr is 2 Gb ?
Hi all,
My computer shows only 38 gb of hard disk. But am using 40 gb HDD. Whr the remaining 2 gb gone ???
Anybody pls help !!!!!!!!!
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09-03-2007, 02:21 AM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
That is due to the sales promotion gimmick of the Hard Disk Manufactures. They count the disk space in the power of 10s while widows counts in power of 2s and there lies the differance.
eg 1 mb = 10x10x10 = 1000 bytes as per hard-disk manufacturer
1 mb = 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2= 1024 bytes as per windows
so when Hard Disk Manufacturer will show that you have 1 MB, windows will show that you have something like 0.98 MB
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09-03-2007, 02:54 AM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
always multiple the exact value shown with 1024*1024
say u have ur hd showing 38.4 GB means 38.4*1024*1024 and u get the value in bytes... which is the exact content
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09-03-2007, 09:12 AM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
yeah..hailgautam and the.kaushik are right.
hard disk manufactures count 40 Gb as 40,000,000,000 bytes..which when conuted in 1024 term will give you around 38 Gb.
so,no need to worry.
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09-03-2007, 09:20 AM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
ya they all are right
its 37.252902984619140625 Gb
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09-03-2007, 01:53 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
Ya its like that as everyone geek here said
U always get something like 38GB on 40GB HDD
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09-03-2007, 02:17 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
Bcoz the computer adopts the easy method for counting bytes.IT take 1kb to 1000bytes,1mb to 1000kb and so on.Th4ere is nothing to worry.
I have 80gb and the total is 76gb.
lol computer is alsi lol!!
I wonder why is it so?
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09-03-2007, 06:12 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
its d marketing strategy of HD maker 
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09-03-2007, 08:17 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
^^
It isn;t no marketing strategy, neither is the computer 'aalsi', it is we who are 'aalsi', the decimal system is much more convinient for us than the binary system. Also 80 GB is more of a rounded off figure, rather than 74.3 GB or something else. Easier to remember for us.
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10-03-2007, 12:29 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
thank guys for ur reply....
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10-03-2007, 04:36 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
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Originally Posted by the.kaushik
always multiple the exact value shown with 1024*1024
say u have ur hd showing 38.4 GB means 38.4*1024*1024 and u get the value in bytes... which is the exact content
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But i Am Having 80 GB But When I Total All The Drives It's Showing Only 74 GB
I Applied Your Method But It Showing Me 77594624 bytes 
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10-03-2007, 04:55 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
Thanks for helping me guys 
I didnt know this
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10-03-2007, 04:57 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
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Originally Posted by Siddharth Maheshwari
Bcoz the computer adopts the easy method for counting bytes.IT take 1kb to 1000bytes,1mb to 1000kb and so on.Th4ere is nothing to worry.
I have 80gb and the total is 76gb.
lol computer is alsi lol!!
I wonder why is it so?
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from where did u brng that smiley?
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10-03-2007, 05:36 PM
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
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Last edited by The Unknown; 10-03-2007 at 05:36 PM.
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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10-03-2007, 05:47 PM
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In The Zone
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Re: Whr is 2 Gb ?
I get only 232 GB on my 250GB hdd
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