@geek.explained: Why does a 1TB hard drive only show 931GB in Windows? 💾 Formatting takes under 1GB. The drive maker counts in decimal, with 1,000 bytes to a kilobyte, so 1TB is a trillion bytes. The box says so in the small print. Windows counts in binary, like a computer's transistors, so it uses 1,024 at every step. Its gigabyte ends up about 7% bigger, and a trillion bytes fill only 931 of them. Everything is still there, and a Mac shows the same drive as 1TB. The bigger unit got its own name in 1998, the gibibyte, but Windows still writes GB. On a 20TB drive, the gap grows to nearly 2TB. Know someone who thinks their drive came up short? Send them this. Windows or Mac, which one counts it right? #HardDrive #Binary #Windows #Mac #techexplained

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justingoodin64 :

no, a 32 operation system would make it look low. but a 64 operation system shows the 1tb or 1gb. .... duh...

2026-11-15 02:58:23

𝙍𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙌𝙞𝙣 :

So 1TB is there physically 1TB in the disk, windows read it as 931GB, so can I put more than 931GB as windows list or it also limited it to 931GB?

2026-11-15 01:35:42

Cerviche :

having been taught binary method forever, I now use GiB, MiB, etc. I'm not playing these stupid round numbers rubbish.

2026-11-14 14:51:13

Fuk Yüü :

😏 Microsoft stealing

2026-11-14 23:56:25

Warlock In Red :

Useful information!

2026-11-14 16:57:54

Syafiq Anuar :

You forgot to mention one byte is 8 bits.

2026-11-14 18:59:01

Ara 🇰🇿 :

In windows it is also called differently as i remember.

2026-11-14 18:18:56

Orange Turkey :

I already know this lowki

2026-11-14 23:16:18

Sile Eysus :

amazing , keep going your content is grate

2026-11-14 14:45:28

post_num_project :

"windows kilobyte" bro just say kibibyte (kib)

2026-11-15 00:09:12

Pete :

Missing 93GB not 69 😊

2026-11-14 23:26:50

Paige Jordan :

u should really at a notice that this is ai generated

2026-11-14 20:40:17

It’s Over Nine Thousand!!!!!!! :

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2026-11-15 03:39:51

liileisure11 :

Simple. Mac, windows use a 1. Decimal system (Base 10) Uses multiples of 1,000. Kilobyte (KB) = 1,000 bytes Megabyte (MB) = 1,000 KB Gigabyte (GB) = 1,000 MB Terabyte (TB) = 1,000 GB But does storage use a 2. Binary system (Base 2) Uses multiples of 1,024. Kibibyte (KiB) = 1,024 bytes Mebibyte (MiB) = 1,024 KiB Gibibyte (GiB) = 1,024 MiB Tebibyte (TiB) = 1,024 GiB

2026-11-14 23:07:58

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