256GB SSD showing 238GB no partitions

[dizzywizzy]

Hello experts,

I have a Samsung PM800 256GB SSD that is only showing as a 238GB drive. I've formatted and disk management only shows one partition. This was Dell OEM and there is no firmware update for my model. I only used this about 2 years and want to sell as it's just been sat collecting dust, so want to get the size to show correctly.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[randomhkkid]

Hello experts,

I have a Samsung PM800 256GB SSD that is only showing as a 238GB drive. I've formatted and disk management only shows one partition. This was Dell OEM and there is no firmware update for my model. I only used this about 2 years and want to sell as it's just been sat collecting dust, so want to get the size to show correctly.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

HDD & SSD drive manufacturers calculate 1 Gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Microsoft and memory RAM manufacturers calculate 1 Gigabyte as 1,073,741,824 bytes.

The difference between the 2 calculations is about 7%.

Reduce the capacity by 7% from any HDD or SSD and that is your formatted capacity.

The additional 10gb may be reserved for the SSD to keep itself fast.

 

[dizzywizzy]

Hello experts,

I have a Samsung PM800 256GB SSD that is only showing as a 238GB drive. I've formatted and disk management only shows one partition. This was Dell OEM and there is no firmware update for my model. I only used this about 2 years and want to sell as it's just been sat collecting dust, so want to get the size to show correctly.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

HDD & SSD drive manufacturers calculate 1 Gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Microsoft and memory RAM manufacturers calculate 1 Gigabyte as 1,073,741,824 bytes.

The difference between the 2 calculations is about 7%.

Reduce the capacity by 7% from any HDD or SSD and that is your formatted capacity.

The additional 10gb may be reserved for the SSD to keep itself fast.

Thanks!!