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Husk

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My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« on: February 21, 2009, 05:22:56 AM »
I was putting a file on there, Crossfire - It says 0.97Gb (Total file size) When it get's too 0.93GB it says it is full, There is nothing else on the usb?

I can't put it through network places either because it's not showing other comps
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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2009, 05:50:41 AM »
a 1GB flash drive will never be 1GB. The formatted capacity is always less than whats advertised. This is due to file-system overhead and shady marketing.

They market a 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes (usually says so in fine print somewhere on the package). When in reality 1 GB is 1,073,741,824 bytes.

They do the same with CDs. To them 1MB= 1,000KB when its actually 1,024KB.
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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2009, 06:02:53 AM »
Quote from: Husk on February 21, 2009, 05:22:56 AM
I was putting a file on there, Crossfire - It says 0.97Gb (Total file size) When it get's too 0.93GB it says it is full, There is nothing else on the usb?

I can't put it through network places either because it's not showing other comps

Hi...

You could purchase a bigger USB flash drive. :) I think you live in the UK, so here is a site that sells them there.

May God Bless you! :)
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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2009, 09:47:06 AM »
I think Husk might live in the West Antipode. (As opposed to the East Antipode, where I live.)
Dick Smith's should sell them at a good price.
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Husk

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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2009, 11:50:44 AM »
Hehe  ;D

Try Australia
 
I do have a 2gb one but I don't know where it is, So I just put it on in halves. They should make it full size. So many small size usbs to what there actually is

Just read up

it's

8,589,934,592 Bytes

And,

I want one of these http://www.getusb.info/50-terabyte-flash-drive-made-of-bug-protein/
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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2009, 10:22:16 PM »
Australia. The West Antipode.
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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2009, 11:14:09 PM »
Quote from: Husk on February 21, 2009, 11:50:44 AM
Try Australia

Hi all...

Well, I was a bit off with that one but not too badly, different geographic location, same flag (Union Jack.) ;D

Best Regards...
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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2009, 11:30:17 PM »
Hi ardvark,

If you were thinking back a couple of generations they all came from the old continent,
and then again you do not count the stars and stripes also every day,  ;D

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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2009, 11:41:34 PM »
Quote from: polonus on February 21, 2009, 11:30:17 PM
If you were thinking back a couple of generations they all came from the old continent,
and then again you do not count the stars and stripes also every day,  ;D

Hi...

Very true, just that our independence came about quite differently. ;D

May God Bless you! :)
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Re: My 1gb usb doesn't fit under 1gb of stuff?
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2009, 08:57:37 PM »
Quote from: Husk on February 21, 2009, 11:50:44 AM
I want one of these http://www.getusb.info/50-terabyte-flash-drive-made-of-bug-protein/


Wow, me too!
That's kinda cool. It would probably be really expensive though

You would never run out of space... ever ;D
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