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because of formatting

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The reason has to do with math and marketing.

Humans think about numbers in base 10, the decimal numeral system. Computers, on the other hand, think in base 2, the binary numeral system. Herein lies the root of the issue. The “brilliant” marketing people at data storage companies decided early on that all their products should be marketed in the decimal system. Therefore, one megabyte on their products is equal to 1,000,000 bytes, and one gigabyte is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes. To a computer, a megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes and a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes. For each gigabyte advertised in base 10, you’re actually receiving about 70 megabytes less than a gigabyte in base 2. Imagine if they pulled that with things like gasoline...people would be livid. Hope that explains it...

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All external Drives use some space for various reasons. Partitioning the drive etc. However, with this particular Drive when I plugged it into my old USB Computer and loaded several photos in a New Folder mine still says 120gb available. Hope this helps!

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Check this out:

"PNY defines 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes; however, a computer defines 1GB as more than 1GB at 1,073,741,824. If you divide the announced density by the computer’s 1GB definition, you will get the available space.

For example: 64,000,000,000 (64GB) divided by 1,073,741,842 = 59.6GB of available space."

Source: PNY Website - Support/USB/FAQs

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Formatting the drive always takes some space. That's standard for any type of drive.

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It has to do with the way Windows displays and measures bytes. The manufacturers measure drive size at 1K=1000 bytes and Windows displays it at 1K=1024 bytes.
So to Windows a 128gb drive = 128 x 1000 x 1000 x 1000 / 1024 /1024 /1024 = which is approx 119GB

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A gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes...not an even 1,000,000...so when you calculate the size it will always be a smaller number. look at your picture, the free space is 129 million bytes, not 120

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Some of the in any flash card memory is always used to enable the device. If you buy a 128 SSD computer, you won't have 128 GB of storage because some is used to run the computer. How much storage should be actually necessary for a simple device like a flash card? I don't know, but when you look at capacity in GBs, you never get the full amount.

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Not all Usb's are Created equal, for example Mine has 129

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That's normal, you always have a few Gigs less..Windows is using binary units. That’s why this confusion comes up. Windows measures in 1024 chunks where as hard drive manufacturers measure in 1000 chunks. So your 128gb drive shows up in windows as 120gb..this has been going on for a long time, hard drives have the same issue..any storage device really running in Windows. No worries.

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All storage devices use some of the memory for organizing the files. It would be nice to see truth in labeling but you are going to have this happen with any device.

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PC and Mac compatible back and forth?

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Can i copy/save photos/documents from a PC and open/read them on a Mac? And vice versa?

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Yes it comes in exfat format.

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Thank you so much everyone for your helpful input! I just recently had time to move a large photo folder to the usb, and will work with it on the mac soon!

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I've swapped docs and audio files back and forth between my mac and my PC with this flash drive, so I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do it with pics too.

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Perhaps. The flash drive will need to be formatted for the PC. (The Mac OS will recognize a Windows formatted drive, but not the other way around.) I don't believe there would be a problem with Windows or Mac programs reading common graphic file formats. In order for both Mac and Windows programs to read documents saved on the flash drive, you will need to resolve the specific file requirements of the Windows and Mac versions of the program.

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Yes you can. I do this all the time.

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Yes, that's what I've been doing.

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i have been able to take files from my mac and transfer them onto my pc

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Yes you could - (AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT FORMAT IT IN A PC OR A MAC FORMAT - let it be. If you would like to format it format it to FAT32 so the interoperability is WIN and MAC and Unix compatible.

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Usually the drives come formatted as "fat" drives and that will be compatible with both pc and mac. If you format the drive as "ntfs" it will only be useable on a pc. If you format the drive as "journaled" it will only be available on a mac. Keep it as "fat" formatted (there are a few different versions of "fat")

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It will depend on the format of the photo file but generally for jpeg, tiff, gif, etc., you should be able to open the file in both platforms.

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1-reviews claim has a red led that lights up during activity- mine doesn't. 2-it was supposed to be formated as exFat...mine is Fat 32

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I just bought a PNY Turbo 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - P-FD128TBOP-GE. according to reviews and other owners it has a red LED under the PNY sleeve that light up when active. Mine doesn't.
It's supposed to be formatted as exFat, mine is formatted as Fat 32
It's not what I thought I was buying.

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I have several of these brand of USB flash drives and they all have a LED "glow" when accessed under the smoke colored sleeve. If not lighting up, maybe try another USB port?

All of mine have been formatted as FAT 32, this brand as well as several others.

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Return to Vendor. Bad device...Mine dies in second use.

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Mine does light up but it is dim and on the underside of the drive. You can format the drive in whatever format you would like I would actually reccomend you format the drive before use anyway.

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My first one was formatted as exFAT32 and it had very faint red light when it read or write. my second one was formatted as FAT32 and no light ever came out. Both are dead after transfer the first file into them. Too bad. Try use the USB 2.0 ones. They are cheaper and get the job down.

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Try reformatting it and see if that doesn't take care of it. If you can save files to the flash drive and SEE the files on the drive, then I wouldn't worry about the light. That said, if you're unhappy with it, I believe you can just return it or trade at BB for a new one. All these flash drives unless otherwise marked are going to be formatted for Windows. But its easy to reformat to whatever you need...

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In Windows 7 or 8 left click on start icon. Win 7 left click Computer icon, Win 8 left click This Computer icon. Right click on the USB drive and choose format. You have a choice of reformatting to exFat or NTFS.
CAREFUL, THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON THE USB. Be sure to save any data you want to keep to a different device before formatting.

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It should have a red light when active (during copy). Try to format with either exFAT or NTFS. Check the file size and file type, if it is not show correct then return it.

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I have not noticed the LED light but mine was formatted as Fat32 when I got it. It is easily formatted to Exfat using Disk Management in Windows.

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Fat32 in Windows has a storage file limitation.fyi . Are you using Windows or Apple OS? ExFat is an extended format like fat32 . Google differences. This USB should work for you. You can reformat it it. Here's a sample link http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/exfat-fat32/

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Occasionally, the activity light might either have failed or become desoldered during shipping. If the drive works, that's not something to worry about.

As for reformatting the drive for ExFAT, use your OS's drive management utility or a third-party utility to change the format.

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Most flash drives are preformatted fat 32, Sounds like it may be defective.

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Will this product work with android phones to save pictures Samsung 8+, this is not an I phone.

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Turbo Plus or just Turbo

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Seems like bestbuy miss labeled the product. PNY Turbo Plus is not the same as PNY Turbo

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''the one I bought is Turbo and 3.0 and very fast!

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Could be. Ask the manufacturer.

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Just Turbo USB 3.0

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I will say turbo plus, got mine and regular memory stick same file side takes 5 o more mins , this one less than a min

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I have seen Best Buy and Amazon both incorrectly label some of these drives on their websites. I believe the drives with the RED sliding collar (not black or blue) are the Turbo Plus version. They supposidly have a faster read/write access time, but I personally don't think they are worth the extra cost. I buy the Turbo version from Best Buy when they are 40-60 percent Off, and they will pricematch Amazon too.

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package does not say "PLUS", just TURBO

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Turbo Plus

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Pony turbo plus is a faster product. In that regard ii is not the same product

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There is turbo and turbo plus. The turbo plus is what I have and it is faster than my external hard.

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Yes, the product is PNY Turbo 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive.

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Will this work on my iPhone 5?

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storage for windows tablet

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could i use this as storage for a windows tablet?,and if possible how can i do it?I have a 32gb windows 8.1 tablet with a USB 3.0 port(Winbook Tablet)and i just want to add storage for videos,photos,and other things(not apps)...thank you

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It should work. I agree I wouldn't run apps from it but for storage, it's cheap and functional.

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No i think you need external hard drive storage not sure you can plug it into it but the external has a usb pirt and plug

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Yes, the PNY - Turbo Plus 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive is ideal for use with a windows tablet sporting a USB drive. Be sure to keep back up copies of files on hard drives.

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You will need a USB otg cable. They should cost no more than 3 bucks. I get mine at Fry's electronics and works flawless.

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You just need a cable/adapters that have the USB port and mini USB like the one that works for the phone changer like Galaxy. However, you need one side that can adapt to regular USB like female end

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you can that what i doing with the drive I purchased. just make it your default location for files

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Absolutely. You could Copy more than 20 movies on to it.

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Just plug it into the USB port and use it for stirage. This is a great product!

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Nah pay like another 10 bucks and get a full 500gb HDD or 1 tb for a little more. These things aren't worth it, small yes, but I prefer the HDD's. Especially for the price!!

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If your tablet has a USB port i would think this would work just fine. It's fast and compact.
PNY - Turbo Plus 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

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I see no reason you couldn't use this to store data from a Win 8.1 machine equipped with a USB port. When you plug it in Windows should recognize it (might take a few seconds) then it will appear with all your other drives under "This PC". Just drag and drop once you get there.

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Is this a good usb drive to download music and transfer it to ps4 , if the answer is no which is a proper flash drive to do so ?

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Will this product help my PC to be faster when I play games such as FV2?

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It won't make your games run faster. It is for storage only.

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No, this is just expandable storage, and would not help speed up your computer.

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It's not impossible for there to be a performance difference using a flash drive instead of your hard drive, but the effect wouldn't be anything drastic

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No thumb drives do not make your pc any faster. Sorry :)

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Hard to answer. If you are trying to use ReadyBoost with Windows 7 (or later), if you have an SSD, it won't really help. Performance issues can be related to lots of issues, CPU performance, running out of memory, slow graphics, etc., so hard to answer your question.

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It depends upon the operating system. The drive is USB 3.0 so it could be used to speed up a system but it would be wasted to use it just for that.

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No , this is not memory that is used like your computer. This is a Storage device . To play FV2 faster, increase your Computer's Memory amount

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ys it should if it is 3.0

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No, this product does not make your computer faster.

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No, it won't make your PC any faster. This just gives you a portable storage drive so you can carry around/transfer files between computers. Depending on your version of Windows, it may include a feature called ReadyBoost that allows you to use a flash drive (like this one) in a way similar to adding additional RAM. This is the only way it MIGHT improve overall performance, but is not really meant as a permanent upgrade.

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Why did this happen?

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The drive partitioned itself and i cant fix it

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Try formatting FAT32 with MS disk management. If that's not possible a paid program like Acronis Disk Director won't be able to do anything even if it asks to restart the computer. Check hardware manager and try to get a driver reinstalled. If this doesn't work, the drive will probably need an open RMA with PNY.

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In my experience this action could only happen by something you chose to do by giving some command. This action would only happen automatically in very early machines with partitions set automatically. Modern-day machines have such large capacities that this should not even be an option. Reformat and don't sat a partition.

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Use the drive utility

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right click the drive and choose properties

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Try formatting the stick, check for any backup software configured to automatically partition any outside storage.

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