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SSD 250 GB only shows 230 GB - normal?

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Hi there,

 

My new Samsung EVO 250GB SSD only shows 230 GB Space, is that normal?

 

Also my WD 2TB Drive just shows 1860GB of free space...

 

I understand there is a certain percentage of loss but 20GB + 140 GB seems

much to me.

 

If its not normal how could I chgange it?

 

Thanks for your time and help.

 

Cheers

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Hi there,

 

My new Samsung EVO 250GB SSD only shows 230 GB Space, is that normal?

 

Also my WD 2TB Drive just shows 1860GB of free space...

 

I understand there is a certain percentage of loss but 20GB + 140 GB seems

much to me.

 

If its not normal how could I chgange it?

 

Thanks for your time and help.

 

Cheers

Its just how everything is, they measure it by 1000mb or 1000gb compared to how data is really messured by 1024mb or 1024gb 

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Its normal. It depends on how your system calculates your storage space and if there are any hidden / locked system partitions.

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It's normal. Space is lost during formatting.

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Thanks for th answers and help!

 

Much appreciated.

 

Well we fly to the moon...but HDD's cannot be calculated correctly...seem legit :P

 

Cheers and merry Chrismas

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Yes because companies measure data in metric system, so for them 1GB=1000MB, while it really is 1024MB. Windows uses binary system so 1GB=1024MB.

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Thanks for th answers and help!

 

Much appreciated.

 

Well we fly to the moon...but HDD's cannot be calculated correctly...seem legit :P

 

Cheers and merry Chrismas

They are calculated perfectly fine, it's just the transfer from binary to decimal as well as formatting.

 

 

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Yeah, the manufacturer and your OS calculate the capacity differently. It seriously makes no difference because all of your applications are calculated in the same way :P It wouldn't make a difference. ^_^

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One thing to note here though.

When u buy SSDs, lets say 128GB one, they actually have 128GiB worth of flash. But use acessable capacity is lower, because the space left in decimal to binary conversion is dedicated to garbage collection, badblocks and other features that controller needs to function properly

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