Wistron Corporation BCM4312H Benutzerhandbuch
Ex
planatio
planatio
n of har
d disk
capac
ity
Dear us
er
,
While us
ing
your
comp
uter
, you
m
ay
ay
fi
nd
th
at t
h
th
at t
h
e no
min
al
h
ard
di
di
sk
cap
ac
ity in
dic
at
at
ed
is som
is som
ewh
a
t di
ff
e
re
n
t
from th
e dis
k
ca
pa
ci
ci
ty
d
isp
la
la
yed
by th
e ope
rat
in
in
g syst
em
. For ex
. For ex
amp
le
, a
n
o
mi
n
n
a
l 4
0
GB ha
rd
dis
k wi
k wi
ll
ap
pe
ar
as
le
pe
ar
as
le
ss t
h
h
a
n
40
GB in
GB in
t
h
e
ope
ra
tin
g sys
g sys
te
m.
This
This
dis
crepancy is not an
crepancy is not an
error in hard
disk in
stallation nor
any
oth
er
er
problem
, b
u
u
t a norm
al p
h
enom
en
on o
on o
f comp
uters.
This p
h
enom
en
on
is
on
is
prim
ari
ly d
ly d
u
e
to
th
e
th
e
fo
llowi
ng
rea
sons
rea
sons
:
I.
Different standar
Different standar
ds used
b
y
the ma
n
u
facturer an
d operating
system
when calculating har
d
disk capacity
H
ar
d
d
isk ma
nu
fa
fa
ct
u
re
rs u
se a ra
se a ra
di
x of 10
00
, i.
e.
e.
, 1G
=
1
,0
00
M
B
, 1
M
B =
1,
00
0K
B
B
, 1
K
B
=
1,
00
0 b
y
tes
. Ho
wever
. Ho
wever
, when
id
en
tif
en
tif
y
in
g h
ar
ar
d
dis
k
k
ca
pa
city
,
pa
city
,
o
p
erat
in
g sys
tem
s use
a ra
di
x of
10
24,
i.
24,
i.
e.
, 1GB
= 1
,0
24
M
B,
1MB
= 1
,0
24K
B,
1K
B = 1,
B = 1,
02
4 b
y
tes.
T
T
h
e sta
n
d
ar
d ad
o
p
ted by yo
ur
co
m
p
uter
is
th
at
o
f th
e
e
ha
rd
rd
disk
m
an
an
u
fa
ct
ur
er
s.
Since
th
e
st
an
da
rd
da
rd
s a
d
d
o
p
te
d b
y
y
t
h
e
ha
rd
rd
disk
m
an
u
factur
er
a
n
d o
p
p
er
atin
g
system
ar
e
di
ffer
en
t,
t,
th
e h
ar
ar
d
disk
capa
ci
ty
displayed by
the
o
o
p
er
ating
system will be dif
fer
ent
fr
ent
fr
om the nomina
l ha
rd
rd
disk cap
acit
y.
Fo
r exam
r exam
ple,
if th
e ha
e ha
rd
disk
is
no
min
min
ally X G,
ev
en
w
h
w
h
en it is compl
etel
y
em
pty
,
,
the
ca
ca
p
acity displa
yed by the opera
ti
ng system
wil
l
l
b
e:
X
×
1000
×
1000
×
1
000
×
×
1
000
/
/
(1
024
×
×
1
02
4 × 1
02
02
4)
|
X × 0.
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