Why Hard Disk Shows Different Capacity in Windows? The secret!!

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Do you want to Know Way Secret Menunjukkan Kapasitas yang Berbeda di Windows? Nah, will give his Knowledge friends, keep watching..

Jika Kamu membeli computer dengan kapasitas hard disk 500 GB and open Windows Explorer, might wonder why the capacity is only 450 GB. Surely it is also possible to wonder where all the rest went 50 other gigabytes.

Table of contents

1 Why Windows Shows Hard Disk Capacity Different
- 1.1 Why is your hard drive showing less space than in the ad or its packaging box
- 1.2 Then, Why Your Computer Shows Different Amount Of Hard Disk Space
2 So where's the rest?
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Why Windows Shows Hard Disk Capacity Different

Windows can display the wrong amount of hard disk space for several reasons such as, from an invisible shadow file, overhead formatting, and hidden partition recovery, atau mungkin kapasitas penyimpanan yang menyesatkan yang diiklankan oleh produsen hard drive.

Maybe it will make people who may not know and want to know. Therefore, we will explore about these different hard disk sizes and share a little insight into this.

Why is your hard drive showing less space than in the ad or its packaging box

Jika USB drive, hardi disk, and other storage devices are concerned, You may notice that it always has less space than promised once it is formatted. The reason for this difference lies in hard drive manufacturers advertising their devices in the way Windows uses and displays the size or space capacity of the storage device.. There is also some overhead (functions to support computer operating systems) which is needed when Windows formats your drive, for file system and data boot, although compared to today's large hard drives, that's not much.

Keep in mind that hard drive manufacturers use accurate descriptions, for example, capacity 1000 GB, while the correct term is 1024 GB, although rarely used. Unfortunately, Windows always counts hard drives with 1024 while hard drive manufacturers use the count 1000 in sales.

The calculation is: 1GB/(1024x1024x1024) = 0.931GB. So if a seller or manufacturer advertises a hard disk product with a size of 1TB, will get: 0.931x1000GB= 931GB. More or less

If the hard disk is advertised in terms of total space capacity 1 TB, which is actually contained when you connect it to a Windows computer, hard drive 1 The only TB visible in Windows explorer is the hard drive capacity 931 GB.

Actually Windows can update the UI (User Interface) them to use the correct definition of a gigabyte. On other operating systems, like OS X., have changed their representation to state the correct amount of hard disk space capacity.

Then, Why Your Computer Shows Different Amount Of Hard Disk Space

You may see something strange about this amount of free hard disk space. If you right click the C drive: on Windows, seen a certain number of spaces called “Free Space“, screenshot below, hard disk contains 83 GB file.

However, if you select all files on drive C: (including hidden files and Windows system files), right click the file, and select Properties, looks something strange. The amount of space used by files does not match the amount used on your hard drive. we have files worth 66 GB on drive C:, but Windows uses space 61.9 GB. The difference is approximately more or less 5 GB. Where is the rest of the GB?

It turns out that some file types do not appear in Windows Explorer. File di Windows dengan nam “shadow storage (shadow keeper)” yang juga dikenal sebagai “shadow copy,” does not appear here. The shadow store contains the System recovery points and the Previous Versions feature of Windows Explorer.

To see the exact amount of storage used by the shadow files on each hard drive on the system, You can run a command prompt. Run as Administrator, to open a command prompt window as Administrator, for Windows 10 Press the button Windows + X then A. Then run the following command in the Command Prompt window:

If after you use the command above and the result “No items found ….” which indicates that shadow storage or shadow storage does not exist, possible folders “System Volume Information” is not on the system drive on your computer.

So where's the rest?

Indeed, most advertisers for hard disks or other storage devices always display an example number of 500GB, But the capacity you receive is actually approximately 465GB, and that is the capacity that can actually be used, of course you must be confused. The short answer to all of that is actually the calculation difference between the manufacturer and the operating system. The calculation can be seen above.

So, now we know why the hard disk shows the number of sizes different from what is advertised or what is wrapped. This does not mean that producers or advertisers are deceiving or lying to consumers, but it is possible from a technical point of view.

Hopefully this article can add a little insight to you about hard disks and give an idea of hard disk sizes that do not always show their sizes correctly.