I recently bought a new external usb HDD from staples. Model = WD 5000AAKS

It's supposed to be 500 GB, but it is only 465 GB in My Computer. I didn't look to see the capacity before I quick formatted it to NTFS using Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)

How do I get it to be the full 500 GB?This comes up quite frequently here and other places for discussion. Without going into great detail here is a REFERENCE guide



Basically the advertised size is greater than the actual size.

If you check the CHART your drive is being reported CORRECTLY...Great chart Patio

Alan &LT;>< Welcome to the lie that's called 'marketing'. Reject it in any form, burn down your local supermarket and vote for the socialist party.Rap, old boy, have you been talking to (shudder) Merlin? Thanks, for the INFO patio. You are all Welcome.

The chart is courtesy of Western Digital...Quote

Rap, old boy, have you been talking to (shudder) Merlin?

"Basically the advertised size is greater than the actual size".


That must be a guy thing...........