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Old 03-21-2008, 08:53 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: 750 Gig SATA HD showing as 698

Hi

When Windows reports a 750GB drive as 698GB that is perfectly normal.

The reason is that HDD manufacturers use 10^3 (1,000) to define 1 kilobyte - Windows use 2^10 (1,024).

Explanation:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD
http://seagate.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...hp?p_faqid=336
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