Pen Drive???

[rockaway]

Facing a problem with my pen drive I have checked for virus,formatted it atlast but can't find the solution why its showing 986MB used when it do not contains any files or folders.Any answers for this or any suggestions?:confused:

[beetroot bertie]

I don't have a technical explanation but that's just how they seem to be. I have a 8GB Kingston Flash Drive but actual capacity according to my Mac is 7.44 GB.

It's to do with actual byte size.

This article helps explain the diffences between advertised and actual space on such devices:
http://compreviews.about.com/od/storage/a/ActualHDSizes.htm

[kcajblue]

whats size is the drive supposed to be?

if its supposed to be a gig, then having something like 986MB is normal.