03-20-2012, 07:07 PM
(03-20-2012, 03:18 AM)-Magi Wrote: Don't laugh at me, but I needed to get one of those usb drives with at least 8 GB free on it to make into a recovery drive to restore the system. So, went to the store and bought one that said it was 8 GB. I plugged it in and it did not have enough space! I deleted the 3 files that came on it...still not enough space. Do all 8 GB drives only have 7.XX GB on them? I felt like I should have known that. Anynow...got a bigger one today. 16 GB was the next size up so it should have lots of room.Yes. In general, storage manufacturers report the potential un-formatted space on the drive. Once you format the drive and install the Operating System structures, the space available for the "Logical Drive" portion will be a bit less than the advertised amount.
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