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Old 25 February 2003, 04:42 PM
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Label says:

Cylinders : 3150
Heads : 16
Sectors : 63

I'm sure someone can work it out

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Old 25 February 2003, 04:47 PM
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3150 * 16 * 63 * 512 (assuming 512 bytes per sector)
Old 25 February 2003, 05:13 PM
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1.62 Gb ?
Old 25 February 2003, 05:16 PM
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Divide by 1024 not 1000
Old 25 February 2003, 05:19 PM
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Good point I cheated and used an online java calculator Which clearly didn't work
Old 25 February 2003, 05:24 PM
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er.. i'm no good at maths, how big is it
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1.550391 Gigabyte is this close enough
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That'll do Cheers
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