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Formatted
931gb when formatted
Just a few points....
1TerraByte = 1024 GigaBytes
1Terrabit = 1000 Gigabits
8 bits = 1Byte
and i get 973GB formatted with xfs under gentoo linux so it really depends on the file system, ie xfs can squeeze a bit more out the drive than microsofts NTFS and you'll get a lot less available formatted space if you still use FAT32...
TB vs TiB
IEC in 1999 gave binary prefixes a new name, although its not accepted universally yet but the major countries are adopting it as of 2007.
Terabyte (decimal = 10 base or 10^12) vs Tebibyte (binary = 2 base or 2^40)
1 TB = 909 TiB
1000 GB = 931 GiB
I hope this information helped, good luck.
1TB
The usual way in labelling the size of HDD is based on base 10 not 2. So,
1TB = 1'000'000'000'000 Bytes
In computers, base 2 is used, and therefore:
1 TB = 1024 GB
1 GB = 1024 MB
1 MB = 1024 KB
1 KB = 1024 Byte
1 Byte = 8 bits
In order to find the size of HDD in Windows:
1'000'000'000'000/1024/1024/1024 which equals 931.323 GB
Ideal for Sky HD Box Upgrades
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OtherI Purchased this drive as an upgrade for my Hi-Def Sky box.
There was a slight uncertainty as to its suitability since the upgrades I saw reported around the web seemed to use drives of 750GB or less. Some of these upgrades used an external caddy and I wanted to replace the original drive with this new one.
I'm pleased to report that the upgrade was straightforward and the drive sits inside the box in place of the original drive and it has performed faultlessly. After the upgrade, the HD box free space rose from 49% to 91%.
BTW if like me you only have one free SATA port on your PC, you can use this inexpensive caddy to transfer your recorded programmes to the new drive:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119512
You're Wrong...
"1Terrabit = 1000 Gigabits"
That is WRONG.
1 Terrabit = 1024 Gigabits
Divide that by 8 and get the MEGABYTES per second.
As does
1 Terabyte = 1024 Gigabytes
Times this by 8 to get the MEGABITS per second.
Thanks.
Great Drive
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Windows VistaVery fast and quiet. Score 5.9 on drive test in vista. Seagate tools made it effortless to move my vista partition onto the new drive.
Setup as 400Gb & 531Gb partitions.
Remeber to remove the jumper on the back to get it to run in sata2 mode.
Can be used in SkyHD boxes
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OtherI also used this to upgrade a SkyHD box (from original 300Gb to 1000Gb). Before the drive had 0% free space, now it has 81%!!
Process is relatively straight forward (see links below). I could not find any Acoustic Management on this drive, but with all the casing back on, its not that noisy. Be aware, there are a few heart stopping moments when you first switch the box back on.. this is normal and soon the usual display comes back.
I used this with this Caddy (QFC#: 143544) and this USB thing, that I'd also recommend (QFC#: 136214). As yet I can't seem to find a way to use the eSATA port on the Sky box as an additional storage port (not sure if active yet?)
Copy+ is a free program that copies the drive (about 2hrs excluding Anytime programs -> these can reload overnight in the Sky box)
NB: No noticeable difference with the 32mb Buffer, also the drive has to be set to SATA I (1.5GB/sec) for Sky to recognise the drive.
These links might be useful:
http://del.icio.us/ml9hm/skyHD
http://www.skycopyplus.co.uk/download.php
http://www.morlocks.co.uk/disc-change-hd.htm
Good Value, But Noisy
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Windows XPPerformance appears to be pretty good, with fast read/write, but its quite noisy (clunky) when accessing, the drive also runs about 10c hotter than WD's.
But for the capacity with 5 yrs warranty its good value, although next time I might try the Samsung.
Worst Drive Ever!
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Windows VistaI got this drive the other day, thinking that Seagate had a good reputation. I was so wrong. constant boot read errors and head clicking loudly.
