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Why Your 1 TB Drive Shows 931 GB

Drive makers and computers count bytes differently

Plug a 1 TB drive into a Windows PC and about 69 GB seem to vanish before you save a file. Who took them?

You'll find out

  • Where the missing 69 GB went
  • Why 1,000 isn't round to a computer
  • The units almost nobody uses

Why it matters

Phones, laptops and cloud plans all sell you GB and TB. Know which kind you get, and you'll never feel shortchanged.

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