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There are always losses in space in memory devices.?
If one gets a 1TB external HD..the most one can utilize is about 930GB..thats a loss of 70GB of space. Can anyone tell me where does this lost space go to? Is it used for some other application? Thanks a lot.
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
1TB = 1000GB = 1000x10^9 = 1000000000000 bytes (base 10 number system)
1TB = 2^40 = 1099511627776 bytes (binary number system)
1000x10^9/2^30 = 931.322GB (your HD capacity)
You did not loss 70GB, it is just computed in different way
- 1 decade ago
The size specification on hard drives is the maximum usable data that the drive has available without formatting. When you format a drive it uses some of that data as formatting for the records and indexes of the drives. What is left over is available user data space.
Source(s): Technician - 1 decade ago
The loss of the memory is used to run the hard drive. It does not show up on the memory device because it's hidden.
- 1 decade ago
completely normal, my 320 shows up as 298 and my 160 shows up as 147... you cant use this and cant change this
