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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nick Naym" data-source="post: 715031" data-attributes="member: 65375">Not entirely. Being told that the actual formatted capacity is less than the stated capacity is a "FYI" statement that would hold regardless of what measure was used to advertise the drive's size. In and of itself, such a statement is not at all confusing. But when a system profile—which (AFAIK) reflects the drive's total size—shows that your drive is 7% smaller than the stated capacity, that's very confusing. (Were it not so confusing, we wouldn't be having this discussion, would we? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</blockquote>