How Big Is My Stick :)

[fatgaz]

Hi peeps, hope someone can help, went and bought a mem stick from china and it came the other day, now it was sold as a 2tb and it shows up as 1.9tb in its properties, my mate says that its a fake as it should have cost a lot of money for one that size and it only cost a few quid, so what I would like to know is, is there a program or a command prompt to tell me the correct size of my mem stick, thanks in advance for any replies/help

[Old_Geezer]

Can't know for sure until it corrupts your valuable data, but be suspicious. I got caught like that from a China seller once, and eBay took the seller's side, because they have no morals.

[Old_Geezer]

I used to have a USB thumbdrive check programme but can't recall where it is now. Try a websearch for a free one.

[Old_Geezer]

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=usb+tblhumbdrive+checker&t=abpbrowser&ia=web

[pauln90]

Read this it explains apparent loss in capacity

https://www.usb2u.co.uk/articles/2017/11/the-actual-memory-size-of-your-usb-flash-drive/

[pauln90]

And as O G points out be wary of entrusting valuable data before checking it out. It could be a dud.

[fatgaz]

hi peeps ty so much for your replies, pauln90 hi yes i am aware that there is a difference between advertised size and actual size i was just wondering weather it is a 2tb mem stick or a fake one of say 64gb and old geezer i will be trying some of those web sites/tools tomorrow ty for that

[TonyV]

Think there is a bit in memory stick that keeps all of messages around 10%

[fiction-factory]

Should be fairly easy to test whether it's really close to to 64GB than 2tb- just try to copy a load of stuff from another drive.
If your computer reads it as 1.9tb I'm not sure it could be fooled to that extent

[TonyV]

Just plug it in and search that drive will tell you size.

[Gizmonster]

Just for the record, your PC can be fooled into thinking a USB stick is larger than it is, so simply plugging it in and seeing what capacity it says it is, is not necessarily the truth. I don't know how they do it, but these fake USB sticks trick your PC, so a 4 GB stick for example, might show up as 32 GB on your PC.
I've tried that programme in OG's link (H2testw) quite a while ago and this is probably one of the few ways to safely determine the true capacity of your USB stick.
If I remember correctly though, it does take quite a while, so be prepared to leave it running for a while.

[Electrochem]

How much did you pay for it? I've had a brief look and these size USB Drives start at about £800. I never touch cheapo imports!