Have you ever bought a USD drive or any storage device and wondered why you get a lesser capacity than advertised when you try to use it?
There's a very silly reason behind it, let me explain 👇🏻
There's a very silly reason behind it, let me explain 👇🏻
Let's take this example:
When you buy a USB advertised with 32 GB (Gigabytes) of storage, they mean to say that the capacity of the USB drive is 32,000 MB (Megabytes), but your computer shows that it has 31.25GB of space.
1 GB = 1000 MB (according to the manufacturers)
When you buy a USB advertised with 32 GB (Gigabytes) of storage, they mean to say that the capacity of the USB drive is 32,000 MB (Megabytes), but your computer shows that it has 31.25GB of space.
1 GB = 1000 MB (according to the manufacturers)
Our computers however measure a GB (Gigabyte) as 1024 MB (Megabytes). Why?
This is because 1024 is a power of 2 aka when 2 is multiplied 10 times, we get 1024.
(Computers really like powers of 2 because they work with 1's and 0's)
This is because 1024 is a power of 2 aka when 2 is multiplied 10 times, we get 1024.
(Computers really like powers of 2 because they work with 1's and 0's)
Coming back to our 32GB USD drive, for our computer:
1GB = 1024MB
32,000/1024 = 31.25GB - This is what our computer shows us.
The 0.75GB(750MB) isn't lost, it's just how computers calculate storage. 🤷🏻♂️
Mystery solved!
1GB = 1024MB
32,000/1024 = 31.25GB - This is what our computer shows us.
The 0.75GB(750MB) isn't lost, it's just how computers calculate storage. 🤷🏻♂️
Mystery solved!
Loading suggestions...