Got a question about Hard Drive Space?

[Mr. Clean]

I just replaced my MBP HD with a WD320 HD and found out to my amazement that it only gave me 298.2 GB of space???? Where did the other 31.8 GB's go? I know that the 320 is rounded up, but I had no idea that they rounded that much....30 GB of rounding?

Can someone explain to me why?

 

[Neil321]

Thats completely normal, it's the way HDD manufactures calculate GB's

Edit glad to hear you got your drive Ok, wasn't it you i recommended Newegg ???

 

[nick9191]

Sounds about right. Hard drive manufacturers say 1000 bytes = 1 kilobyte, whereas in fact its 1024.

 

[Mr. Clean]

Sounds about right. Hard drive manufacturers say 1000 bytes = 1 kilobyte, whereas in fact its 1024.

It just seems like a lot to me. Thanks guys for the fast response.

Have another question for ya, How come my MBP will not use my Maxtor external HD with TimeMachine? Could it be that I'm not formatting it the rite way?

 

[Mr. Clean]

Sounds about right. Hard drive manufacturers say 1000 bytes = 1 kilobyte, whereas in fact its 1024.

Thats completely normal, it's the way HDD manufactures calculate GB's

Edit glad to hear you got your drive Ok, wasn't it you i recommended Newegg ???

Yes I am the one....Got real fast, the very next day. Thanks again for the help with that. The install went very smooth as well.

 

[Neil321]

Have another question for ya, How come my MBP will not use my Maxtor external HD with TimeMachine? Could it be that I'm not formatting it the rite way?

How are you trying to format it??

 

[Mr. Clean]

How are you trying to format it??

I am using Dick Utility, erase option.

 

[Neil321]

I am using Dick Utility, erase option.

Have you tried just opening time machine up & choosing it for backup disk?

 

[Mr. Clean]

Have you tried just opening time machine up & choosing it for backup disk?

Yes I have, it will start and get to 9.1 or so GB and give me an error message telling me that it can not continue with the back up. I forgot the actual error message.

 

[Neil321]

Yes I have, it will start and get to 9.1 or so GB and give me an error message telling me that it can not continue with the back up. I forgot the actual error message.

How large is the Maxtor ?

 

[Mr. Clean]

How large is the Maxtor ?

250GB....OOPS...It's a Seagate not a Maxstore

 

[Neil321]

250GB....OOPS...It's a Seagate not a Maxstore

I'm not certain on this, but it might be that your internal is larger than your external, but like i said i'm not sure as i've always used a 750GB and never come across this problem, try making another thread that way your'll get more reply's

 

[Mr. Clean]

I'm not certain on this, but it might be that your internal is larger than your external, but like i said i'm not sure as i've always used a 750GB and never come across this problem, try making another thread that way your'll get more reply's

I'll do that, thank you for the help.

 

[Neil321]

I'll do that, thank you for the help.

That's Ok, it's just a guess mind you,i'll keep an eye out for the thread