I have a 80 gig ps3 but In sys info it say s i have 62 gigs free out of 74

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#1 jrocksreturn
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I mean seriously why is my system telling me this its supposed to be an 80 gig not a 74 gig ps3. I mean i truely dont understand this if anyone can shed some light on this for me it would be greatly appreciated...........

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#2 shadowtherebel
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The operating system takes up memory. The same is true for iPods/mp3 players and any other computer. However, I doubt you'll ever miss that 6G, and if you do, you probably need a bigger hard drive anyway. ;)
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#3 abdelmessih101
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Some space is taken up by the PS3's OS, the XMB, and possibly by some updates ... my 60GB only has 55GB available for me to use ... it's perfectly normal.
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#4 jrocksreturn
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Thanks shadow and messiah I figured thats prolly what it was; just had to confirm it ....just had to see someone else type I guess ...=) thanks alot

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#5 MaForce
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yea my 30 gig ipod has 28 and the same with any heaving duty electronics
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#6 RoganSarine
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OS systems don't take away from the maximum HD space. It still goes under used space. The lamen way to explain it is that manufacturers round 1 GB = 1000 MB when dolng their caclculations when really it's 1024 MB. When having alot of data that 24 megs make this difference.

There is more technical stuff to it though.

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#7 gekidami
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80GB's use software emulation, any chance thats eating some space?