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Subject: Brand new memory card
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leon29 25.05.16 - 03:13pm
I got a 16gb one today, how come there is not 16gb free?? It says only 14.66gb of free space?? I hadn't stored anything on it yet, * +
3mel 25.05.16 - 05:19pm
that portion is used to operate and index the rest of the card. all memory devices are the same flash and hard drives too. * +
leon29 25.05.16 - 05:51pm
Oh right, I see * +
crail 25.05.16 - 06:09pm
It's all to do with how kilo mega and gigabytes are added up in bytes. Like there's 1024kb in a mb but the phone counts it as 1000mb. Something along those lines * +
3mel 25.05.16 - 06:47pm
that would only give you a difference of 448 megabytes * +
crail 25.05.16 - 08:05pm
fk knows how it works but it's something like that * +
crail 25.05.16 - 08:06pm
[link]http://petapixel.com/2012/10/10/why-hard-drives-and-memory-cards-have-less-space-than-advertised/[/link] * +
leon29 25.05.16 - 08:19pm
I've nearly filled it up now anyway lol, but thanks chaps * +
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