storage - What's the exact size of a zettabyte? - Super User
Oct 12, 2011 · A zettabyte are 10 21 bytes = 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 Byte. 2 70 bytes are called Zebibyte. To quote from Wikipedia: There has been considerable confusion about the meanings of SI (or metric) prefixes used with the unit byte, especially concerning prefixes such as kilo (k or K) and mega (M) as shown in the chart Prefixes for bit and byte ...
What filesystem should I use for a large amount of disk ... - Super …
Apr 5, 2011 · The name originally stood for "Zettabyte File System". The original name selectors happened to like the name, and a ZFS file system has the ability to store 2 58 zettabytes, where each ZB is 2 70 bytes. ZFS is a 128-bit file system, so it can address 1.84 × 10 19 times more data than 64-bit systems such as NTFS. The limitations of ZFS are ...
Units misunderstanding in fdisk / gdisk / parted - Super User
Mar 31, 2017 · Here's an example output for a small device, the size is reported as 3997 MB, 3997171712 bytes, which is using the manufacturer's preferred "bigger" 1MB = 1,000,000 bytes: $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb. Disk /dev/sdb: 3997 MB, 3997171712 bytes. 17 heads, 16 sectors/track, 28702 cylinders, total 7806976 sectors. Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes.
filesystems - Is it best to reformat the hard drive to exFAT using ...
Apr 27, 2012 · I can reformat a brand new 2TB WD Passport drive to exFAT, with choice of many "Allocation Unit Size": 128kb 256kb 512kb 1024kb 4096kb 16384kb 32768kb which one is best if this drive is mainly us...
windows - Veracrypt - permanently decrypt a working system …
Apr 18, 2021 · I have an encrypted system disk pulled from a dead PC. I do not have the rescue disk / ISO from when I encrypted the disk. I do have the (working) password The disk is fully functioning (i.e. not
Why are hard drives never as large as advertised? - Super User
Jul 6, 2015 · zettabyte ZB vs zebibyte ZiB = 10^21 / 2^70 = 84.7%; yottabyte YB vs yobibyte YiB = 10^24 / 2^80 = 82.7%; Hence why in the current era 1TB = 1000GB drives show up as 93.1% of capacity in Windows = 931GB. This feeling of being conned out of drive space will only get worse as drive capacities increase.
veracrypt file system option for larger files - Super User
Sep 19, 2016 · 1. When creating a volume, you are being asked if you want to store files larger than 4GB or less than 4GB. Go with larger than 4GB option. This option is the option that determines the types of file systems you will be then presented. So just choose to use files above 4GB and then you will be able to select a file system that definitely works ...
Confusion with storage capacity (powers of 10 and 2)
May 25, 2016 · Closed 8 years ago. I was taking a look at a HDD and I found a document (from Toshiba, link: 2.5-Inch SATA HDD mq01abdxxx) that says: "One Gigabyte (1GB) means 10^9 = 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 2 ^30 = 1,073,741,824 bytes ...
Basic data partition vs. primary partition - Super User
May 27, 2022 · primary partition = bootable, systems can boot from it. extended (data) partitions = not bootable, only to store data, systems can not boot from them. As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please edit to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked.
VeraCrypt - free up 32 kb for the bootloader - Super User
Apr 22, 2019 · Use true image (or similar) to make an image of your c drive 2. Boot the windows installation disk 3. Select" install now" then "custom" and delete EVERY partition on the disk (especially the "Reserved one"). 3. Then select the "unalocated space" and install 4. Run veracrypt to check if it work. Assuming it does: 5.