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Xandros0506
1 year ago

In addition, it would have 5 Terrabyte ABER it has 4.5 .

Yes. The manufacturer specifies the capacity in Terrabyte, your operating system expects to add Tebibyte. A terrabyte (decimal prefix!) are 1000 gigabyte are 1000×1000 megabyte are 1000x1000x1000 kilobyte are 1000x1000x1000x1000 byte, A tebibyte (binary prefix) are, on the other hand, 1024 gibibyte are 1024x1024x1024 kibibyte are 1024x1024x1024x1024x1024x1024x1024x.

If you convert your 5 Terrabyte to the 4.5 Tebibyte specified by the operating system, you will notice that there is only a small difference (file system!) and 5 Terrabyte are just 4.5 Tebibyte….

So there are no 500 GB (Gigabyte, Dezimalprefix)

Traveller5712
1 year ago

If it’s a HDD, I’d exchange it. Vibratings are usually caused by destructive mechanics – and lead to further mechanical damage. A HDD should never vibrate – at least not so that you have to be afraid for their condition.

As far as the size is concerned, unfortunately, you’ve done away with it. A 5 GB hard disk is never 5*1024 MB. But others can tell better than me:

https://www.techbook.de/pc-mac/hardware/speicher-festplatte-smaller-als-

PCProfiBayern
1 year ago

Recreate with, specification 5 TB…

Manufacturers expect different from Windows

https://www.lacie.com/de/support/kb/why-does-my-hard-drive-report-less-capacity-than-indicated-on-the-drives-label-172191en/

So you should have 4.65 TB.

My 8 TB has only 7.27 TB on Windows

But actually 8 TB

JMC01
1 year ago

Moving parts lead to vibrations and also the file system itself needs storage space. DA are your 0.5 TB.

JMC01
1 year ago
Reply to  123abcdef933

I lost exactly 1 HDD in 30 years. And in terms of size, it also depends on whether Terabyte or Tebibyte are specified.

https://www.computerweekly.com/de/definition/tebibyte-TiB

evtldocha
1 year ago
Reply to  JMC01

There is wrong, because this “apparent” difference has nothing to do with the file system and its own “administrative space requirement”. This is because Windows/Microsoft does not want to leave the abbreviation “TB” for 240 To use bytes while that is actually TiB and TB as defined by SI prefixes as 1012 Byte is to be understood. This results in a difference of 99.51 GB per terabyte in the two data and the approximately 500 GB in the case of a 5 TB plate.

gghh45
1 year ago

do you prefer to return, better safe than sorry, especially in these terms of sale?

Did you also consider whether an M2 would be suitable for you?

Xandros0506
1 year ago
Reply to  gghh45

Return? Why? Because the user cannot disassemble decimal and binary prefix and the indication on the plate is calculated differently than the operating system does? It’s not a reason to return.