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Answer» On my current COMPUTER I have 2 drives:
(1) 320GB (actually says 298GB total free)
(2) 200GB (actually says 186GB total free)
That gives me a total of 484GB
If I get a computer with a 1TB hard drive how much space will actually have free?Drive manufacturers measure Gigabytes as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Real people and OSs measure Gigabytes as 1,073,741,824 bytes (1024^3)
The former is therefore about 93% of the latter.
120GB x .93% = 111GB
250GB x .93% = 232GB
300GB x .93% = 279GB
500GB x .93% = 465GB
750GB x .93% = 697GB
1000GB or 1 TB x .93% = 930GB
EDIT: It may be a little less than 930 (about a GIG or two) because of the space RESERVED for storing the file names. That space is called the File Allocation Table (AKA FAT).
http://club.myce.com/f138/format-size-loss-236367/ Thanks for the help!!!!
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