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Why does my 360gb simpletech external hard drive say i only have 297 gb available?

April 26, 2017add-ons Computers external hard drive hardware internet simpletech

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Why does my 360gb simpletech external hard drive say i only have 297 gb available?

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The external hard drive has items on it so it’s compatible with the PC’s and also has a recycle bin and working memory. I have a 500 gig EHD and it only registers 480 gigs. I know 20 gigs is a whole lot of space for a program, but that’s just what it uses as a reserve.