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samsung 840 128 GB showing 119 GB only

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  • Clean Install
  • Storage
  • Windows 8
  • Samsung
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November 29, 2013 12:00:13 PM

Hi I just bought Samsung 840 pro SSD 128 GB. I intend to do clean install windows 8 pro 64 bit on it. However when I reached the part that it would ask me where to install the OS, I only see 119 GB not the 128 GB I am expecting. Hope someone could help

Here are my specs

Processor Athlon II X4 630
MOB GA 970A-Ds3p

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November 29, 2013 12:03:09 PM

Windows and the manufacturer have slight varying definitions of a "gigabyte". Windows usually recognizes less than the manufacturer claims that is normal. My 64 GB ssd is read as a 55GB
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a c 488 * Windows 8
a c 76 Ô Samsung
November 29, 2013 12:05:09 PM

That is absolutely normal.
This is my 128GB Kingston drive:


You'll be fine.
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November 30, 2013 10:19:07 PM

You got robbed and I would go back to where you bought it and demand the missing GB... just kidding.
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December 17, 2013 6:05:58 AM

Thank you all for the answer ;) 
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June 6, 2014 12:26:52 AM

In some cases the difference is because of the different units used by manufacturer and Windows.
Windows is using 1GB = 1,024 x 1,024 x 1,024 (1,073,741,824) bytes however some manufacturers use 1GB = 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,000 bytes what is really only 0.931GB so manufacturer's 128GB will result in 119.2 real GB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

For SSDs there's another factor what affects the real capacity namely the over provisioning. If you install Samsung Magician you can control over provisioning.
See this article for explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_amplification
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