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M2 card question |
chili
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I just bought a 1GB M2 card. When i viewed its properties at Windows Explorer, the total capacity shown = only 911 mb. Is this a normal reckoning for 1 gigabyte? Or did i buy a faulty card and should return it? Pls advise, thanks very much! |
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BobaFett
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thats ok. the mem cards need the by u "missing" memory for the card itself, for example when u make a back up on it of the contatcs, its made twice. 512 mb cards offer about 485 mb as i recall
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tranced
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it is the same with all the storage devices. my 1gb mspd marks 949mb(more than yours. sorry)
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BobaFett
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u can try to format the card, then maybe u get a bit more free space on it
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tranced
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i doubt it. i've formatted mine and it still the same. but you can try, yours is a m2.
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Xen0nflash
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Its not really 1GB. The computer calculates diffrent than the companys do.
so your memorcy card is not faulty
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chili
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Thanks for the quick replies guys, what a relief! It's a little past 4am here and i was losing sleep over it. 
@Boba, pls explain some more about what you said earlier -- "for example when u make a back up on it of the contatcs, its made twice." Cheers! |
BobaFett
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If u make a back up, contacts are double saved on the card, a kind of double security
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abbafan1972
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Memory cards and USB drives etc will never show the "full" amount is free, I think some of it is taken up by file indexing or something like that.
I have a 4GB USB drive and when formatted, that only shows 3.84GB.
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tranced
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not just usb and and memories, hdd and floppies. CD-R shows 2 mb more(700 mb default)
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Posted: 2007-02-03 19:15
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