“116gb available The computer says there are only 116gb available out of the 128gb, This is 12gb gone! 12gb of what?? Even after deleting the prog files it comes with, it is still 116, what gives??”
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The capacity is 128, but the system takes up some space for managing the disk format. You can see the same effect on your hard drive. Imagine a book stand.... You could picture having lots of book stuffed on it, but when you put shelves on it, in some way, the shelves themselves take up some physical space from the books in order to organize them so you would end up with less books. That's what the format does... It allocates (prepares the disk with) logical indexes for your files. Hope I could help.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.A gigabyte is actually 1,024 megabytes, but most drive manufacturers round it down to an even 1,000 megs, making a one terabyte drive's true capacity actually closer to 930 megabytes, and so on. It's a bit deceptive, but it's standard practice throughout the industry.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This happens with everything in the tech world, welcome. The conversion you are expecting is a normal 1000 MB = 1 GB, where in reality it is 1024MB = 1 GB. When you are talking bigger GB it is more noticeable. Facts of life.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.My understanding is whatever you decide to use the flash drive on (such as a laptop, tablet, or gaming system), that device may download software (formatting)so the flash drive is compatible to work with it. I used it for my Xbox 360, and the flash drive had to be formatted first to work with it. That is where you lose space on the flash drive. I hope this provides some insight.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It is likely partitioned. You can try deleting the partitions and reformatting with a single partition to get access to the remaining GB. Reformatting will erase all data on flash drive. Proceed accordingly.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It is called System Overhead. All storage devices have this issue.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hard drives all have unusable space which is included in the total.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Most storage devices, no matter what, do not give you the full size advertised. Typically, USB drives are better about it than hard drives, but it's part of the way tech works. As I understand it has to do with it becoming an acceptable practice for people to measure Bytes (and kilo-, mega-, giga-) as either 1024 or 1000. What causes the issue is that most computers/software/etc. (if not all) measure in increments of 1024. So, by the manufacturer's standard, your drive is 128GB with 116GB available, and that seems about right. Besides, Windows also allocates some of the storage space to partitions and file recycling system. This is the best way I can explaining it without being too "Geeky"...
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Any type of storage device you buy will be the same way, I purchased a 4TB external hard drive and when I opened it up there was 3.99TB available (that's 100gb less than advertised!), so always remember that when looking for storage devices.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.128gb = 119gb HD companies define a GB at 1000MB, where as it's really 1024MB, so true formatted capacity is lower than what the box says. Plus 3 gb for programs that come with the drive.
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