How much space is available in 32GB pen drive?

You will get approx 29.2 GB storage in 32 GB pen drive.

Why is my pen drive showing less space than actual?

Generally speaking, a pen drive showing less space than its actual size happens in those situations like: Removing the pen drive suddenly while it is working. Interruption before formatting completed or using some third-party software inappropriately. Installing bootable OS (operating system) such as Chrome or Linux.

Why 32GB is 29gb?

A computer says a kilobyte is 1024 bytes and a megabyte is 1024 kilobytes. So one megabyte (one million bytes) is actually 1,048,576 bytes. To get to 32 gigabytes you have to multiply 1024 (bytes) x 1024 (kilobytes) x 1024 (megabytes) x 32 (gigabytes) which gives you 34,359,738,268 bytes of information.

Is 32GB pendrive enough?

32GB – can hold approximately 20480 images, 7680 MP3 files, 600,000+ pages of Word documents, or 10240 minutes of video. 64GB – can hold approximately 40960 images, 15360 MP3 files, 1.2 million+ pages of Word documents, or 20480 minutes of video.

Why is 16GB only 14?

You lose about 73MB of space per GB that way. This rougly equals, 73X16=~1170MB of space advertised which doesn’t exist in the drive. So in a 16GB Flash drive, you get around 14830MB~14.8GB. Some of the space is used up for cache and encryption stuff and one usually get about 14.5GB free on a 16GB flash.

Why does 64GB USB drive only show 32GB?

It is better to find out why 64GB USB drive only shows 32GB before trying to fix this issue. The reasons can be various, but mainly include: The USB drive is used to create a Windows installation drive or a recovery drive (like the scenario above). The file system of the 64GB flash drive is changed to FAT32 not NTFS.

Is the 64GB USB drive a FAT32 format?

However, when I go to file explorer it shows that the 64GB USB only has 32GB of space. It is NOT a FAT32 Format, as I already tried reformatting to NTFS. When I tried reformatting it showed it could only be reformatted up to 32GB. https://superuser.com/questions/1396435/sandisk-cruzer-64gb-showing-only-32gb-availible-space

What is the file system of a 64GB USB flash drive?

The file system of the 64GB flash drive is changed to FAT32 not NTFS. As you know, the Disk Management can format an external hard drive to FAT32 up to 32GB, that’s why you can’t get a partition larger than 32GB. The USB drive is divided into two or more partitions.

How can I free up space on my pen drive?

Interruption before formatting completed or using some third-party software inappropriately. Installing bootable OS (operating system) such as Chrome or Linux. It will change the partition system of your pen drive so some free space will appear.