Re: Overhead on memory sticks?

Joerg wrote:
Just curious: Got a USB memory stick 4-pack at CostCo. Four Dane-Elec 512MB stick, great deal ($40). After plugging in the first one the laptop hard drive was crunching a lot (this laptop is used to USB sticks). Upon checking an empty stick it turns out that properties lists 514MB but only 490MB of that free.

What kind of overhead is in those sticks? If it's really >20MB, why so much?


Over here (UK) it's possible to buy 1GB USB drives for $10

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