You've not "lost" anything.BTW, is losing about 137GB of a brand new 2TB SSD normal?
You've not "lost" anything.
it is simply a difference in reporting units.
Base 10 vs Base 2
Human vs Computer
Gigabyte vs Gibibyte
1024 vs 1000
2TB will display in Windows as 1.81TB.
Which is faster, 62mph or 100kph?
As said, that is simply a difference in reporting units.Just curious, why Windows reported 2TB as 1.81TB?
As said, that is simply a difference in reporting units.
Base 10 vs Base 2.
The human thinks in terms of "1k = 1,000 (One Thousand)". Base 10.
The computer thinks in terms of "1k = 1,024". Base 2.
So while the advertising monkey writes "1TB" (1,000 gigabytes) on the side of the box, the computer and its base 2 brain reads that as 931 gigabytes.
There was even a lawsuit over that, long ago.
Gigabytes vs. gibibytes class action suit nears end
Suit alleges companies misrepresent capacity of flash memory devices by using decimal definitions, thus overstating memory card sizes by 4 percent to 5 percent.www.cnet.comWestern Digital settles drive size lawsuit
Western Digital has settled a class action lawsuit brought against it for …arstechnica.com
That is completely unknown.Back to Post #6, why Windows reported that the 2TB SSD with Linux installed is 3.99GB rather than 2Terabyte or 1.8Tebibyte?