Conversion family
Data Storage conversion calculators
Use data conversions for files, storage drives, memory sizes, and transfer calculations.
These 30 guides cover the most commonly searched unit pairs. Each page includes the exact relationship, worked values, and a reverse-conversion path.
How to use data storage conversions
Choose the guide whose source unit matches the value you already have and whose target unit matches the format you need. Enter the value without rounding it first, review the displayed relationship, and round only the final answer to the precision your task requires. Popular starting points in this family include Bits to Bytes, Bits to Gigabytes, Bits to Kilobytes.
Data-storage labels can use decimal or binary conventions. Manufacturers often use powers of 1,000, while operating systems may display values based on powers of 1,024. Check whether a source means bits or bytes and which prefix convention is being used. Unit symbols can be case-sensitive, and similarly named units may belong to different systems, so check the label as well as the abbreviation before relying on the result.
- Keep the original value at full precision until the final step.
- Confirm the unit symbol, system, and measurement type.
- Use the reverse guide to check that the result returns to the starting value.
Measurement context
Separate decimal storage from binary storage
Data-storage conversions are useful only when the prefix convention is clear. Hardware labels and operating-system displays may use different bases.
- Use decimal prefixes such as KB, MB, GB, and TB when the source follows powers of 1,000.
- Use binary prefixes such as KiB, MiB, GiB, and TiB when the source follows powers of 1,024.
- Do not compare storage capacity with transfer speed until file size and network rate are in compatible units.