DamageX wrote:
Harddrives are already formatted when you get them (physical format, not logical format) but some people (including drive manufacturers) will talk about 4.2GB = 4,200,000,000 bytes while others will talk about 4.0GB = (the limit of 32-bit addressing) = 4,294,967,296 bytes
And yes, the 4GB limitation does not mean that you need a drive of 4GB or less, you just won't be able to use the additional space.
Harddrive mfrg's make me mad with all that crap. In their world:
1kb = 1000 bytes
imb = 1000 kb
1gb = 1000 mb
or they define 1mb = 1024kb but a gb = 1000mb.
You should be able to calculate exactly how many bytes are on the drive from the number on the box.