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Re:Ask HN: Is this new ThinkPad E14 worth it to bother with ... by amts on Saturday December 31, 2022 @06:50PM (#34201986)
Yes, it's always lower than claimed, but the whole SSD capacity shown by Windows is 930GB. Or is it too much of a great deal for 550 euros?
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Re:Ask HN: Is this new ThinkPad E14 worth it to bother with ... by pwg on Saturday December 31, 2022 @07:18PM (#34202182)
> but the whole SSD capacity shown by Windows is 930GB.

Because the OS shows you drive capacity in power of two units, while the drive manufacturers advertise drive capacity in power of ten units. And the small difference in size between the two units adds up as the size of the drive grows.

A power of ten 1T size drive is about 930GB of space when measured using power of two units. Hard drive manufacturers have been using power of ten units for advertising capacity for about 25 years now.

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Re:Ask HN: Is this new ThinkPad E14 worth it to bother with ... by password4321 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @12:17AM (#34203825)
There's a recovery partition.

https://superuser.com/questions/915238/what-is-this-recovery...

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