formated size of 2TB?

I expect it is just twice the size of a formatted 1TB drive, so 1863GB
 
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With 1TB drives as cheap as they are, unless you have specific reasons for needing large single drives I personally wouldn't bother.
 
cheers for getting back to me

i bought a 1tb and thats already full, i got 500GB INT hd which i want to also back up. to start with i had 5 internal hd from my pc before it was dismantled.

so i just want all that data in one place rather than its scattered in hds.

if i baught a 2tb hd i'll end up with 1.8TB so i lost 200gb.

but if i bought a 1.5tb it may just do it for me. not sure what the formatted size of 1.5tb either?
 
No offence but if you know what the capacity is for 2TB and 1TB since you already own one then 1.5TB isn't hard to work out...

The 1.5TB drives cost under £80. 2TB is more than double that, no brainer.
 
ATI said:
cheers for getting back to me

i bought a 1tb and thats already full, i got 500GB INT hd which i want to also back up. to start with i had 5 internal hd from my pc before it was dismantled.

so i just want all that data in one place rather than its scattered in hds.

if i baught a 2tb hd i'll end up with 1.8TB so i lost 200gb.

but if i bought a 1.5tb it may just do it for me. not sure what the formatted size of 1.5tb either?
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Well I humored you the first time, it is very simple maths! There is also this amazing thing called.... Google! ;):rolleyes:
 
if worried about space, get two 1.5tb ones. As said above, 2tb drives are too pricey unless you're short on chassis space..
 
size in Gb = 2000 / (1.024^3)

= 1862.6 Gb


And not to be pedantic, but it's not a "formatted size"; it's just the difference between the standard measure for a kilobyte ( = 1024 bytes) and the measure used by HDD manufacturers (=1000 bytes). You don't lose any space by formatting, it's just a different measurement of size. This allows HDD manufacturers to market (for example) an 1863Gb drive as a 2000 "Gb" drive.
 
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