WD200 hard drive

I just bought WD200 GB hard drive. I am using the controler card that comes with it. When I boot computer it says 186 GB for my new hard drive. Is that right? My understanding that it should be 200GB or close. Can somebody help, please?

 

[ledzepp98]

this thread should answer your question... basically, it is normal

 

[tweeve2002]

yea that is right, when a hard drive manufactuer creates a hard drive they calulate 1 Gig as 1000 MB, but windows and most other OS'es does it at 1024 MB per Gig. plus you got to remember about your File Tables and things like that, that take up some space. so 186 on a 200 is right.