60 gb but only 55 ???

anyone know why it says 41 / 55 gb on my ps3? Isn't it supposed to have 60??

anyone know why it says 41 / 55 gb on my ps3? Isn't it supposed to have 60??

Babylon_

all harddrives must use some of its space to format itself... and the PS3 itself needs files from the harddrive to run properly.

As of 2007, most consumer hard drives are defined by their gigabyte-range capacities. The true capacity is usually some number above or below the class designation. Although most manufacturers of hard disks and Flash disks define 1 gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes, the computer operating systems used by most users usually calculate a gigabyte by dividing the bytes (whether it is disk capacity, file size, or system RAM) by 1,073,741,824. This distinction is a cause of confusion, especially for people from a non-technical background, as a hard disk with a manufacturer rated capacity of 40 gigabytes may have its capacity reported by the operating system as only 37.2GB, depending on the type of report.

Taken from wikipedia.jhunte99

This right here is the explanation, any drive you buy will show less than advertised.

im sure blueray and network and all the goodstuff took little bit of space so it should be 55gbmachaveli7

That post is pretty much entirely wrong.

anyone know why it says 41 / 55 gb on my ps3? Isn't it supposed to have 60??

Babylon_

All hard drives do this, i bought 2 250gb seagate hdd's and both only have 232 gb of space, 360 only has 14gb.

HDD take about 5GB to do various other things ps3 for example uses 5GB and has it dished out into internet use...loading...and other various content

if u rlly want a lot of space just go to best buy or some online store and buy a 250GB HDD and install it

If you have PC, you would understand. A 80GB hd after formatting will say 76GB available or a 200GB hdd after formatting will say 192GB available.

If you have PC, you would understand. A 80GB hd after formatting will say 76GB available or a 200GB hdd after formatting will say 192GB available.

gamenux

Exactly! Corporations are allowed to designate the capacity of a hard drive according what the disk itself can carry. However, due to OS software and components that lock and spin the disk, memory is limited slightly. It's normal though.

all harddrives must use some of its space to format itself... and the PS3 itself needs files from the harddrive to run properly.

c0mplex

[QUOTE="jhunte99"]As of 2007, most consumer hard drives are defined by their gigabyte-range capacities. The true capacity is usually some number above or below the class designation. Although most manufacturers of hard disks and Flash disks define 1 gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes, the computer operating systems used by most users usually calculate a gigabyte by dividing the bytes (whether it is disk capacity, file size, or system RAM) by 1,073,741,824. This distinction is a cause of confusion, especially for people from a non-technical background, as a hard disk with a manufacturer rated capacity of 40 gigabytes may have its capacity reported by the operating system as only 37.2GB, depending on the type of report.

Taken from wikipedia.misterzeno225

This right here is the explanation, any drive you buy will show less than advertised.

yep, that's right
binarynumber vs decimal number

Let's all sue Sony for lying :)

My 20gb ps3 has 18gb.

I think both reasons are correct. First off, manufacturers use decimal (1,000) while most OS use binary (1,024). Then, the PS3 OS probably reserves some space for itself.

all harddrives must use some of its space to format itself... and the PS3 itself needs files from the harddrive to run properly.

c0mplex

Pretty much. It's also with any other electronic device like iPods, HDD's, or whatever.