If you are external storage user, then you must be knowing what I am talking about. Well, today we are revealing the reasons why our pen-drives or external storage devices show less memory than they claim.
Suppose, you have bought a 16 GB pen-drive, but instead of 16 GB you get only 15 GB (almost).
Why…?
Here are the reasons:
#1 Different companies (external storage makers) calculate the memory differently. And they also mention it (calculation method) as disclaimer over the packet, so that no any person can put a claim against them.
#2 Little memories have been saved by the device itself for ‘system files’, which is necessary in order to give maximum performance.
#3 Different OS treat your external disc differently. There are little discrepancies between the file formats and algorithms used by different operating systems, resulting in different disc size.