The Actual Memory Size of your USB Flash Drive - USB2U Articles
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The actual memory size of your USB flash drive is always marginally less than advertised regardless of the hard drive capacity you buy.
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How to determine the true storage capacity of an USB flash drive?
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How does the USB driver program read the size of a flash drive
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How to Check the Real Memory Size of Your USB Flash Drive
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How to Check Storage Space on a Flash Drive
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