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Showing as 4 GB in 1GB Pendrive

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/showing-as-4-gb-in-1gb-pendrive.90821/

Sathish
Sathish Original post #1
Jun 19, 2008 at 6:22 AM
when i checked the free space of my 1GB Transcend usb drive, it shows 4GB as total capacity and free space is 2.48GB.. i dont know What happened .. i scanned by AVG 8. to the entire drive and found no virus and spywares..

Anyone have an idea about that....
NucleusKore
NucleusKore #2
Jun 19, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Go to *gparted.sourceforge.net/
Download the live cd and boot from it with your USB drive plugged in
Then format it and check the capacity with it.
Most Wanted
Most Wanted #3
Jun 19, 2008 at 7:38 AM
Dude, first check your pendrive in any other virus protected system.