is there a 1 TB flash drive on wish.com that actually stores 1 TB?

[chersouth]

hi there, I have seen a thread before on flash disks that don't hold the amount of data as advertised. someone published they bought a flash disk on wish.com and it works. is there a 1 TB cheap flash disk that works? thanks

 

[Herc08]

You will not be able to fully use 1TB of true data, as it is just how it is advertised. Pretty much like a hard drive. I have a 500GB hard drive, but I can only use 465GB.

As far as Wish.com, I don't truly believe in that website. If it is too good to be true, it usually is.

 

[spdragoo]

It hold the amount of storage that's "advertised", but you have to read the fine print.

All storage devices -- Flash drives, HDDs, SSDs, & probably even DVD-Rs & CD-Rs -- use the "1 TB = 1,000 GB = 1,000,000 MB = 1,000,000,000 kB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes" when listing their storage size. It's basically the metric system for storage.

All operating systems -- Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, etc. -- use the "1 TB = 1,024 GB = 1,048,576 MB = 1,073,741,824 kB = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes". That's because it's based on the binary system, & 2^10 = 1,024.

So, a drive advertised as holding 1 TB of data means that it holds 1 x 10^12 bytes of data...which, to the OS, will appear as 931.32GB (or 0.9095 TB).

 

[chersouth]

It hold the amount of storage that's "advertised", but you have to read the fine print.

All storage devices -- Flash drives, HDDs, SSDs, & probably even DVD-Rs & CD-Rs -- use the "1 TB = 1,000 GB = 1,000,000 MB = 1,000,000,000 kB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes" when listing their storage size. It's basically the metric system for storage.

All operating systems -- Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, etc. -- use the "1 TB = 1,024 GB = 1,048,576 MB = 1,073,741,824 kB = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes". That's because it's based on the binary system, & 2^10 = 1,024.

So, a drive advertised as holding 1 TB of data means that it holds 1 x 10^12 bytes of data...which, to the OS, will appear as 931.32GB (or 0.9095 TB).

 

[chersouth]

I dont mind if its a gig or 5 out. But i was wondering if there is one on wish that is 1TB that actually works

 

[Herc08]

I dont mind if its a gig or 5 out. But i was wondering if there is one on wish that is 1TB that actually works

Again, you can't always trust websites that have deals "too good to be true." If it seems that way, it usually is. I would go to Amazon or Walmart or something to get a legit 1TB stick.