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Actual USB drive capacity vs. advertised size in Hardware ·
Benjamin King2 said:You’re looking at a formatted capacity of about 14.9 GB—that’s really the ceiling for what you can expect. I’ve got three Pirates sticks myself that hit that maxed-out mark perfectly—so, 14.9 GB per drive, or 29.8 GB if you're running a 32 GB stick—but then I’ve also got a Kingmax and a SanDisk lying around that don't quite "deliver" the full advertised capacity. It just goes to show—it all depends on the manufacturer, I guess. Anyway, what's the actual plan here—you trying to run a game directly off that stick?😕

I was thinking about just moving it to another PC and mounting it so I don't have to deal with downloading everything all over again or messing around with burning DVDs.
Actual USB drive capacity vs. advertised size in Hardware ·
Ugh, sorry if I’m repeating something already said here—I couldn't find anything similar while scrolling... Honestly, call it dumb luck or just me being an idiot, you decide.
So, I picked up a 16GB Kingston USB drive specifically to move a PC game that’s 14.4GB in size. In my head, I figured a 16GB stick would be plenty. I mean, sure, I know "16GB" isn't the actual usable space, but I assumed it would only be short by maybe 500MB at most. Well, guess what? The actual capacity on this 16GB stick is exactly 14.3GB. That means I am short by 100MB. Just 100MB! I'm sure everyone thinks this is 🤣 hilarious, except for me. What now? If I compress the game, will it even work later? And can you even do that with an ISO file? Either way, I think it's absolutely ridiculous that they don't list the actual usable storage available.