Answer me this?

   I have a 40GB PS3 (37GB usable HD space) with about 35GB of games and stuff on it. So I bought a 320GB PS3 (298GB usable HD space) and transfer all of my data over from the 40GB. So I checked how much space that I had available on the 320GB and it said 233GB. WTF? If I had 298 and transfered 35 over to it I should have 263GB of free space. What happened to the other 30GB? 

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BAIN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Location: New Eden Online Status: Offline Posts: 3503	Post Options Post Reply Quote BAIN Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Answer me this? Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 7:50pm
	I have a 40GB PS3 (37GB usable HD space) with about 35GB of games and stuff on it. So I bought a 320GB PS3 (298GB usable HD space) and transfer all of my data over from the 40GB. So I checked how much space that I had available on the 320GB and it said 233GB. WTF? If I had 298 and transfered 35 over to it I should have 263GB of free space. What happened to the other 30GB?

Sephiroth_V7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Team Deep qM's Cheerleader Joined: 14 Dec 2009 Location: SoDak Online Status: Offline Posts: 5105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sephiroth_V7 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 10:01pm
	i did the same thing you did excactly. i kinda wondered wtf but said hell with it still got way more GB's then i did before lol
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Pinnacle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Dogtown, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 2510	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pinnacle Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 10:25pm
	Bain, they calculate hardrive sizes differently in Texas. 320 - 35 = 233. Makes sense to me. In California, we just call that MEGAGIGABYTES son! On a serious note. The way the PS3 partitions the hardrive is not a simple mathematical subtraction. It's a percentage of the total available space. I don't know what the two partition rates are, but let's say it's 10%. On the 20 gb, the system will hold 10% (2gb) for system resources and recovery. On a 320 gb, it will hold 32gb. A lot of people have complained about this, but Sony is going to keep it this way. And thinking about it, I believe the percentage is larger than 10%.


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