The distance from A to B is 1 kilometre or. Simply put, decimal and binary translates to the same amount of storage capacity. Let's say you wanted to measure the distance from point A to point B. Built-in Accessories Pocket and Holding Belt and Extra pocket,Easy to Place The Devices,SD card Accessories power cords and memory cards,etc. Notice that the 16 TB (16,000,000,000,000 bytes) hard drive's capacity is displayed in both the decimal value (red circle), and binary value (blue circle). Case Only (device and accessories are not included) The anti-static,shock absorbing, protection against minor bumps, drops and shocks,Reducedamages caused by accidentally bumping. Capacity on product (Decimal)īelow is an example of a 16 TB drive displayed in Windows.
In the table below are examples of approximate numbers that the drive may report.
#WD MY BOOK 3TB IS ONLY 2.72 TB WINDOWS#
This is why Windows will show a 5 TB drive as 4.54 TB. Same thing happens on my 320GB Seagate internal drive. Windows XP drive properties shows the capacity 3,000,557,891,584 bytes 2.72 TB. When using the GB binary calculation, (500,000,000,000/1,073,741,824) that same 500 GB will show as 465 gigabytes. I have just bought WD My Book Essential 3TB USB 3.0 WDBACW0030HBK-NESN. Programs such as FDISK, system BIOS, Windows, and older versions of macOS use the binary (base 2) numbering system. In decimal notation, one megabyte (MB) is equal to 1,000,000 bytes, one gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes, and one terabyte (TB) is equal to 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Hard drive manufacturers market drives in terms of decimal (base 10) capacity.
#WD MY BOOK 3TB IS ONLY 2.72 TB MAC#
This article explains why a hard drive's capacity often appears to be less than advertised when displaying in Windows or older Mac operating systems.