Hi, On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 10:51 +0000, STONE COLD wrote: > I have a dual boot installed on an 80gb hd. I installed a 400gb for my > media. I partitioned this 400gb hd into two 200gb partitions But after > a gutsy install they are now showing 186gb of free space each! > I don’t understand why this is? > Any information will be appreciated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte It's because the marketing people at the hard disk manufacturers decided that 200GB = 20x1000x1000x1000 whereas in computer software 20GB = 20x1024x1024x1024, what you're seeing is the discrepancy. Cheers, Al.
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