Vista wont reconize but 931 GB of my Tera bit

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hvacdoc - 22 Sep 2009 à 16:23
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 - 23 Sep 2009 à 22:35
Hello,
I was wondering why windows vista only says i have 931 GB on a Tera bite hard drive...

help....
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closeup22 Posts 8922 Registration date Friday 15 May 2009 Status Member Last seen 7 October 2010 2,099
23 Sep 2009 à 09:21
hi there,

this is normal

just take any hard drive volume like your for example

divide it three times by 1.024

you will get the amount you said

Thanks
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
23 Sep 2009 à 22:35
The Disk drive manufacturer uses a decimal numbering system and lists the disk size BEFORE formatting.

Microsoft uses a hexadecimal numbering system (a mega-byte is 1024 decimal bytes in this system) and Windows lists the size AFTER formatting.

So, Windows always shows less space on the hard drive than what is printed on the hard drive. You don't have any lost space. It's just how things work.