Installing SATA 750GB HD problems

[cucolinwin]

We just installed a 750GB HD in the Window Server 2003 SP1. When I go to disk management or my computer I see it as 698GB. Why is this? This is a SATA and I see the same 698GB when I first installed it as dynamic then as basic. I was looking around I did not see a size limitation for 750GB. I saw this article:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserve...3.mspx?mfr=true

and it points to a 2TB size limitation. Any ideas?

Thanks

[eyeball]

thats because in hard disks 1gb is equal to 1000mb not 1024mb,

do the maths and you will see that the 750gb is actually only 698gb, yes it sucks but is the way it is

[cucolinwin]

1GB=1024MB

[eyeball]

yeah i know but in hard disks for some annoying reason its 1000bytes = 1kb, and 1000kb = 1mb and so on , im not sure why but if you do 750,000,000,000 / 1024x1024x1024 you will see it equals 698 sadly

[cluberti]

Read the fine print on the packaging - the industry has switched to 1GB = 1000MB.

[cucolinwin]

Confusing! so why are we dividing by 1024 if it is 1000? thanks

[eyeball]

because

1024b = 1kb

1024kb = 1mb

1024mb = 1gb

if we were talking a 750TB hard disk then you would divide by 1024*1024*1024*1024

the further up we go the more times you divide by the actual value that windows interprets and the true value which is 750,000,000,000

sorry its a really difficult thing to explain but i hope you can see

[cucolinwin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

I know its difficult to understand & explain. thanks!

[eyeball]

wow thats a good article

thanks, it explains much better than i could lol

[cucolinwin]

It is a good article to keep in your bookmarks. My cousin from Dominican Republic recommended it to me. We should have in the forums more tutorials and related info. such as this. Not sure if already exists. thanks guys!

[nmX.Memnoch]

We go through this every couple of months...

http://www.msfn.org/board/Thought_post_RAI...ns_t103067.html