Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Its a 128MB key but the bloody volume is only 117MB according to the properties Robbing bastards
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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Yes
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Robbo
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Yes what Pablo?
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
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Thats how it works, its gay, Ive got 120GB and 160GB hard disks and I dont have that much space on them
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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my 20gb hdd is only 18.6gb
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Robbo
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Not fair my garage is only a bit more than 11MB think of all the porn pics i cud carry around on that 11MB they nicked
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michelle
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Registered: 15th Oct 03
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I have 122mb on mine
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Cambridgeshire
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This is usually the case with computer storage, the reason is just for geeks so I'll spare you all
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Pablo
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Please enlighten us
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
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i use my digi cam as a memory stick with a 256 SD card.
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James_DT
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quote: Originally posted by P4UL
Please enlighten us
Fine, but it's gunna be boring.
Storage manufacturers quote storage sizes using BASE10, so there's 1000b per mb, 1000mb per gb etc, where as data is measured in BASE2, so there's 1024b per mb, 1024mb per gb etc. Once the harddrive is formatted, the OS shows the size in BASE2 so it appears to hold less.
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Pablo
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thought so
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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storage devices say 1000000 bytes is 1Mb to make it look good, yet in real terms 1048576bytes is 1Mb...
THATS why all drives under-read the advertised length... (117Mb as apposed to 128Mb)
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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didnt read james-td's response
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Robbo
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So why 117 not 112/125 or such :S
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PaulW
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space also used/stolent for allocation tables & partition info, etc...
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