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HD space
Formatted capacity is almost exactly the same as stated capacity. You are falling into the common error of treating the space reported by the OS with the space reported by the manufacturer as being measured in identical units. They aren't.
HD space
Yes, but as computers are binary machines and use drive space in power of 2 units, manufacturers should specify (as occurred in the past) drive sizes in GiB (Gibibytes = 2^30 bytes) as this is the actual usable space. |
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