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Old July 31st 06, 02:09 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Default WD Hard Drive Size Issue

Carl Lucas wrote:

Drive manufacturers consider 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes, but Windows
thinks that 1GB = 1024^3 bytes. So 152,625MB (in Windows) =
160,038,912,000 bytes



Thanks!


There's a class action under way now, claiming WD uses misleading size
figures. You can join if you've bought a WD drive recently. Only the
lawyers get any money! :-)

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