“Why is this advertised as a 1TB SSD drive when i connect and format the drive its only showing 931GB of available storage???”
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Hello, thanks for getting in touch, Your drive shows up smaller than advertised because storage drive capacity is calculated and reported slightly differently than other capacities in computing. If you look at the specifications of any storage device, you will see a note that says something along the lines of ”1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual usable capacity may vary.” In other words, the drive capacity is reported on the assumption that 1GB is 1,000,000,000 bytes 1 thousand billion bytes. A GB by another way of accounting is 1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 1073741824 bytes. So the drive will have by this calculation 931 GB available. If you need any more information or support, please contact us back through the link below. https://www.crucial.com/support/contact - The Crucial Team
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Any storage device that you buy, whether it is an internal or external drive, will never show the full advertised amount because of hidden software that can't be messed with. Once a drive gets connected to your computer, it has to put files on it so it will run with no issues.
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