PS3 Hard Drive Format Problem - Blu-ray Forum

donutman925 · 11-30-2007, 04:10 PM

I bought this hard drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822149058
and installed it into my PS3 correctly. Its a 160 gb. I did a quick format on it and check the system info on my PS3 to see how much space I had left. Its says "free space 130 / 149" I don't get it, do I have 130 or 149 gb? I know the PS3 usually takes like 20. I even did the full format which took nine hours and it still shows the same thing. Is there something wrong?

TheWave · 11-30-2007, 04:20 PM

SONY usage is 1 gb = 2 to the power 30 which is 1,073,741,824 bytes. Hard drive manufacturers define 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. 149 times 2^30 = 159,987,531,776 bytes. So the 149 gb is the full drive size, and the 130 is the free space of the drive. There is nothing wrong.

Shin-Ra · 11-30-2007, 04:24 PM

Anyone know what the reserved space (19GB in this case) is for? Caching games that don't have a permanent install option? Persistant storage for future Blu-ray movies?

11-30-2007, 04:10 PM	#1
donutman925 Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:MA, USA	PS3 Hard Drive Format Problem I bought this hard drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822149058 and installed it into my PS3 correctly. Its a 160 gb. I did a quick format on it and check the system info on my PS3 to see how much space I had left. Its says "free space 130 / 149" I don't get it, do I have 130 or 149 gb? I know the PS3 usually takes like 20. I even did the full format which took nine hours and it still shows the same thing. Is there something wrong?

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11-30-2007, 04:20 PM	#2
TheWave Junior Member Member since:Nov 2007	SONY usage is 1 gb = 2 to the power 30 which is 1,073,741,824 bytes. Hard drive manufacturers define 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. 149 times 2^30 = 159,987,531,776 bytes. So the 149 gb is the full drive size, and the 130 is the free space of the drive. There is nothing wrong.

11-30-2007, 04:24 PM	#3
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Anyone know what the reserved space (19GB in this case) is for? Caching games that don't have a permanent install option? Persistant storage for future Blu-ray movies?

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