公称1TBのHDDが931.5GBになる理由

一番下の【説明3】が判りやすい

【説明1】

Marvell Serial ATA Adapter

Integrated Sata device found

Port Multiplier found @ 0 0. Vendor: 11ab ports: 4

    Device 0 @ 0 0 0:

Model: SAMSUNG HD103UJ     Firm: 1AA01114 Ser#: S1B9J9AQC00304

Type: Hard Disk
Supports 48-bit addressing
Capacity: 953869.7 MB = 931.5 GB (1953525168 x 512)

 

953869.7 MB/1024 = 931.5 GB

【解説2】

Capacity
The HD103UJ that we're testing contains three 334 GB platters, a total of 1002 GB.
Things are different in practice, and after formatting the drive as an NTFS under Windows Vista, the actual capacity was 931.5 GB.

【解説3】

Hard Drive Specifications
  Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB
Manufacturer's Stated Capacity 1000.2GB (1 Terabyte) 1000.2GB (1 Terabyte)
Operating System Stated Capacity 931.5 GB 931.5 GB
Interface SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s
Rotational Speed 7,200 RPM 5400-7200 RPM (variable)
Cache Size 32 MB 16 MB
Average Latency 4.16ms (nominal) 5.6ms (nominal)
Read Seek Time 8.9ms 8.9ms
Number of Heads 8 8
Number of Platters 4 4
Power Draw (Idle/Load) 8W/12.0W 4W/7.4 W
Command Queuing Native Command Queuing Native Command Queuing
Warranty 5 Years 3 Years
"Operating System Stated Capacity" 

Lets be clear so maybe you can be clear in the next article. 

The IEC, IEEE, CPIM, and NIST define Giga (G) as 1,000,000,000 or one billion. 

The same standards organizations define Gibi (Gi) as 1,073,741,824

As such, by standard definitions, these hard drives are in fact 1000GB, or 1000 gigabytes. 

Your "Operating System Stated Capacity" really means "Windows Explorer Capacity". Other operating systems don't get it wrong like Windows does. So if you report this wrong information at all, you should make the truth known -- that Windows is well known to WRONGLY report GiB as GB (and MiB for MB and so on). 

Those drives have 1000 gigabytes of space. Windows Explorer and solid state memory companies report the space incorrectly.