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    Question about USB Flashdrives etc.

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by 133794m3r, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. 133794m3r

    133794m3r Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, why is it a flash drive says 16GB but i only get 14.9. Even when i wipe it, it still gives me this phenomenon. Same thing happens on my HDD. So why does it do this? :mad:
     
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    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    It is because of the ways that 1 kilobyte is defined. Windows defines 1 kilobyte as 1024 bytes, and the drive companies define 1 kilobyte as 1000 bytes. those 24 bytes add up. It's confusing, but that's just the way it works
     
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    ah ok... that's very interesting... and that also makes me wonder why companies don't add those extra bytes... :/ since every OS i know of says 1024B=1KB.
     
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