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mb to gb
Name: nathany2k Date: July 5, 2004 at 01:29:45 Pacific OS: windows xp home CPU/Ram: pentium 4 2.8 ghz 512mb r
Name: nathany2k Date: July 5, 2004 at 01:37:18 Pacific
Reply:
the reason i need to know this is i want to make a 1 gb partiton on my drive but partitons magic is asking what size i want it to be in mb
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Response Number 2
Name: johnr Date: July 5, 2004 at 01:51:02 Pacific
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1000Mb = 1Gb
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Response Number 3
Name: IBMWarpster97 Date: July 5, 2004 at 02:33:04 Pacific
Reply:
1024Mb = 1GB
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: July 5, 2004 at 04:19:41 Pacific
Reply:
Hi nathany2k,
Both johnr and IBMWarpster (IBMWarpster97) are correct in that while the Industry standard may be 1000MB=1GB, we all know it's actually 1024MB=1GB, that's why you lose after you format.
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