I just received mine, but when I plug it into my computer it says that there is only 59.5GB of space available. What happened to the other 4.5GB's???
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Depends on how it's formatted. FAT, FAT32, exFAT or NTFS. While the earlier three support older systems they're not as robust and reliable as NTFS. If you're strictly Windows you can use NTFS. So, it sounds like you got a 64Gb drive--- but, remember, you loose space when it's formatted depending on the FS Type.
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It's because companies market their data storage devices using metric. They don't stay true to the actual binary measurement (i.e. 1,024 bytes per kilobyte). Those 24 bytes of oversight add up and you end up with gigabytes of discrepancy between the actual storage capacity and the capacity cited by the company.
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I should say--- You USE space when you format any drive to lay out the File System. You don't 'Loose' it--- every drive must have some space Used to create the file system.
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I checked three of my Flash Drives for you. 1) I have a couple of 64Gb Sandisks: Each showed about 59.5GB Free space. 2) A 128Gb Corsair Survivor: Showed about 119Gb Free Space. 3) A 256Gb Corsair Survivor: Showed about 138GB Free Space. The percentages all seemed to be about the same--- I use NTFS on the Corsairs and Ex-FAT on the Sandisk.
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I bought this laptop from TigerDirect.com store (old CompUSA), mine had 4X2 gig (all the slots were full). I had to buy 4X4 gig to upgrade to 16 gig overall, fortunately they were on sale. By the way, would anyone like to purchase 4X2 gig sticks of DDR3 ram? LOL
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I believe that is probably because of all the preloaded things which take up some of that space. So when it says 8gbs it's including that as part of it. So in actuality you have 6.71gbs.
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Nope. Just received mine. Sticker on it is GB and it plugged in, fired right up, showed 256 GigaBytes of space in Windows explorer...YeeHah...!! :)
974037
Glad to see I'm not alone. I was looking at the 120gb at the local Best Buy today. I thought I would get some assistance from a live person, who surely was well-informed on the merchandise. I asked the sales rep if the new one would fit in the old ones dock, etc. She said "Oh yes, it'll fit, sure it will. If it's the same size." Hopefully someone will come here and enlighten us!
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Hi. Do you know if you can add hard drive space? Like attach an external hard drive for more space?
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I have 8gb in mine but it is not clear what the max is (as you probably know by searching the web.)
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No, unfortunately it doesn't. I've found the 4GB of space to be more than enough, though.
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I don't know. I used it for my PS3 so I reformatted to it and it said it I was at 30.something GB. I think it needs a memory of what device its currently being used for. Try reformatting it.
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Chris; I am operating v19. The requirement is 350MB not GB. I hope this helps.
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After installation it totals at 3,847 MB or 3.8 GB. I don't believe there is any updates for it though.
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It's 8GB storage with about 5GB usable (factory apps etc take up the rest). I have a ton of apps installed for both work and play and still have over 3GB left. Also it does take SD cards, I have an additional 8GB SD in mine.
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It can only take a very limited amount of GB. I out in my sub with 64GB and it wouldn't read it. I put in 4Gb and it worked
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I plugged in a 64GB and it seemed to work, but looking at the file setup it is apparently only using 32GB of it. I have since swapped it out for a 32GB and used the 64GB in my Canon camera.
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Hi, I checked the settings & it only has 3.2GB. This is an earlier version. Maybe you can check most latest versions.
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According to my "system information" the computer came with 4 gigs and there is only 2.5 gigs available. I realized that it only had 4 installed but the limited capacity was not in the description. This small capacity alone is a reason not to buy. When I replace this computer I'm going to stick with at least 6 gigs installed and at least another 6 available.
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good evening, I will actually install a 32 gb and not think of any problem, now I have a 16 gb and goes just as well.