hi, i have the cowon q5w 80GB but when i connect it to my computer and want to see how much space i got left , it says that it has 74GB instead of 80GB. and i cannt use the full space of my device... anyone knows why it shows me 74 instead of 80?
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80GB is unformatted disc capacity. Whenever you format disc, you'll lose some space. That's quite common. I can use 37.2GB out of 40 on my Q5W. I think that if you sum your computer's hard disc space, you'll find it a bit less than it should be too.
We lose about 7% of space. Here's a calculation for my and your HDDs: