Solve : Deciphering HDD specs?

1.	Solve : Deciphering HDD specs?
Answer» HI everyone I am trying to decipher the specs on my Maxtor HDD. I bought an 80Gb Maxtor HDD, but when I go into setup it reads 8033mb max capacity. Could someone please explain this to me, as if it's labelled wrong I will go and SEE the shop I got it from. The full specs in setup read as Maxtor 6Y080P0 cylinders: 16320 heads: 16 Sectors: 13 Max capacity: 8033mb Thank you in advance. GlenysHard drive vendors work on the basis that 1GB = 1,000MB (which is wrong). 1GB actually = 1,024MB. Here, your hard drive appears to be somewhere between the manufacturer's APPROXIMATE size (8,000MB) and the 8,192MB in a REAL GB. So I wouldn't SWEAT it. It's about right. Now, hopefully a kind MOD will move this where it belongs.

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