external hdd 250gb 18gb missing space help!!!11

[artem]

hey i jus bought an external 250GB SIMPLETECH HDD...i connected it to my laptop n formatted it givin d ALLOCATION UNIT SIZE as 4096kb///..
i don't know now the hdd is shownin d space as only 232GB ...wher has the rest o the 18gb gone???


pls help...

[prasad_den]

Simple maths here.. Manufacturers calculate 1GB as 1000MB and 1MB as 1000KB and 1KB as 1000B.
Computer calculates the same as 1024 B or KB or MB.

SO 250GB = 250000 MB = 250000000 KB = 250000000000 B in your HDD
Computer sees that as 250000000000 B/ 1024 / 1024 /1024 = 232 GB

[[xubz]]

Yup! For Manufacturers 1GB = 1000MB whereas Computer calculates it as 1GB = 1024MB..

The Entire MB/MiB/mb/etc. Notations are very confusing.. This Comic may help you understand a little :-\

http://www.xkcd.com/394/

[artem]

yea so there is nothin that i can do bout that rite???i jus loose out on 18gb like at??

[karmanya]

Yup. nothing you can do..

[Cool Buddy]

You didn't lose anything. Every geek knows these calculations and every 250GB HDD in the market has 232 GB of space. that's normal. its just that you didn't know it previously

[dheeraj_kumar]

Originally Posted by [xubz]

Yup! For Manufacturers 1GB = 1000MB whereas Computer calculates it as 1GB = 1024MB..

The Entire MB/MiB/mb/etc. Notations are very confusing.. This Comic may help you understand a little :-\

http://www.xkcd.com/394/

I understood a lot! xD thanks for that!

[victor_rambo]

Actually you bought only 232 GB, not 250 GB!