30 GB?

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30 GB?

Received a 30GB video iPod as a gift. I'm new to the iPods - maybe someone can answer this question for me. I'm loading a number of CD's onto the iPod right now, and currently it says "Used: 3.99 GB; Free: 23.83 GB". All along, the 'Used' and 'Free' numbers have added up to 27.82 GB, not 30 GB.

Any explanation for this? Where'd my last 2.18 GB go?

Toshiba Satellite, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Mar 6, 2006 8:37 PM

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btabz

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Mar 6, 2006 8:55 PM in response to gmunger

Welcome to Apple Disussions!

See this...
Macintosh: Is my hard disk missing space?

Also, from a different article...
in iPod's About menu, the hard disk size is reported as slightly less than the technical specifications for the iPod. The same is true if you connect iPod to your computer in disk mode look at the info or properties window for the disk.

Why the difference? Most hard disk manufacturers measure disk size this way: 1 MB = 1 million bytes (1000 * 1000). A 4 GB disk, therefore, is one that holds 4 billion bytes. Computers, including Windows computers, Macintosh computers and iPod, measure disk size this way: 1 MB = 1 048 576 bytes (1024 * 1024). The difference in these two calculations is what causes the drive to appear as 3.7 GB on a computer, but actually be a 4 billion byte disk

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Mar 7, 2006 8:35 AM in response to btabz

Thanks a lot - good to know! Learn something new every day... 🙂

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