Daft question but what is 30 gig in megabytes?

[gizmo1990]

This is gonna sound pretty lame I know but... if I want a partition to be exactly 30 gigs what number to I type in when I'm asked for a partition size? I have a 160gig hd which is showing up as 152617 megabytes. I never did get it straight what the distinction is between kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes etc and I have a sneaking suspicion it's 1024 x 30?

Any help appreciated.

 

[smids]

It is indeed 1024x30 = 30720MB.

1KB is 1024bytes
1MB is 1024KB
1GB is 1024MB
1TB is 1024GB.

The confusion is HDU manufacturers count 1GB as 1000MB and 1MB as 1000KB and 1KB as 1000Bytes - really screws it all up.

 

[gizmo1990]

Great, thanks for that smids!

 

[wattsy]

damn somebody beat me too it

 

[smids]

damn somebody beat me too it

Don't worry, you're only a day late .

 

[Eliminos]

Just remember, your 160GB hard drive isnt 160GB, it is actually 160,000MB which is 156.25GB.

 

[nightwish]

Isn't it actually 160 000 000 000 bytes = 156 250 000 kB = 152 588 MB = 149GB ?

Don't think my 160giger has 156 GB on it, think it has less...

 

[smids]

Isn't it actually 160 000 000 000 bytes = 156 250 000 kB = 152 588 MB = 149GB ?

Don't think my 160giger has 156 GB on it, think it has less...

Yes.

 

[Bundles]

The confusion is HDU manufacturers count 1GB as 1000MB and 1MB as 1000KB and 1KB as 1000Bytes - really screws it all up.

So they falsely advertise the drives in order to make people think they are getting a bigger drive than they actualy are.

Man that bytes, no in fact, that MEGA bytes.

I'll get my coat.

 

[Street]

Isn't it actually 160 000 000 000 bytes = 156 250 000 kB = 152 588 MB = 149GB ?

Don't think my 160giger has 156 GB on it, think it has less...

My old Maxtor 160Gig drive has... 163,921,571,840 bytes = 152GB