Unaccounted 19 GB on HDD - SOLVED: User Error

[Shrapnellistic]

Added everything up on my "80 GB" model (actually it's 74 GB) and have ~19 GB unaccounted for that I assume is being used for firmware; is this normal for everyone else?

Edit:
ie I'll have ~55 GB if I delete everything I see right now so 80 minus 55 = 25 GB that I can't touch.

Edit #2:
Human error on my end, didn't count right. I now have 61 GB of free space available + 1750 MB that can be deleted for more space so my HDD number looks a lot like everyone else's now (ie: unaccounted 10 to 11 GB on HDD).

No need to format or upgrade. Whew. Appreciate the replies, thread can be locked now.

[XClaude]

Yes, this is normal. the 19GB is reserved by the PS3 for system use.

Much like the 360 reserves about 7.5GB for itself.

EDIT: actually... 19 GB sounds extreme... I'm not sure how much the PS3 reserves for itself, but reserving about 10GB wouldn't be out of the norm.

[QiG]

I believe it's a % of the HDD that it will reserve.. 10% perhaps? So those of us who upgraded have a much bigger portion reserved, but that's normal.

[Shrapnellistic]

That 19 GB doesn't take into account the 6 GB that was never there in the first place (the reserve amount).

ie I'll have ~55 GB if I delete everything I see right now so 80 minus 55 = 25 GB that I can't touch.

[XClaude]

it's not 80GB. it's 74GB after formating, which is normal. You only get the 80GB number when u round off the bits.... and it is used in marketing to "pump" the number.

But if it's 10% reserved, then it should be only 7.4GB reserved from 74GB...

[Invin]

Sounds normal. I have a 40 GB, which is actually 37. However, I added up all of my game data, game saves, demos, etc. and noticed I'm missing about 10 GBs (not counting the 3). I want those 10 GBs!

[Shrapnellistic]

Wonder how much firmware 3.00 is going to tax the HDD... sheesh.

[Oktoberfest]

PS Home actually takes a lot, I deleted it and was surprised at how much space it took up (forgot the exact amount)

[Shrapnellistic]

Never installed PS Home.

Does the system cache videos and images when using the web browser? :lol: If so, where can that be erased?

[TruthinessFC]

Open up the browser, hit triangle, go to Tools I think and you should see options to delete history, cache, etc. I'd be very surprised if you regained any noticeable space from doing this though.

[blissskr]

My 160g has only 11g unaccounted for 19g seems pretty high.

[Shrapnellistic]

@TruthinessFC
Open up the browser, hit triangle, go to Tools I think and you should see options to delete history, cache, etc. I'd be very surprised if you regained any noticeable space from doing this though.Correct.

@blissskr
My 160g has only 11g unaccounted for 19g seems pretty high.Interesting figures we have here.

[Shrapnellistic]

Anyone else willing to calculate their PS3's HDD space to help me decide if a reformat is in order before I spend time transferring files, losing a gameshare slot, and redownloading firmware?
*Preferably an 80 GB model.

[jh6269]

How much space do you have left? If you're really running out of space, just upgrade while you're spending all the time messing around with deleting and moving things...

[StrandedBrit]

And why would you lose a gameshare slot. Just deactivate the gameshare account, and when you're all done reactive it.

[mis0]

Most hard drives almost never allow you to tap into the advertised amount. Well, if the hard drive is like a completely clean slate with nothing installed maybe, but the PS3 has it's own OS embedded and everything.

[Shrapnellistic]

Human error on my end, didn't count right. I now have 61 GB of free space available + 1750 MB that can be deleted for more space so my HDD number looks a lot like everyone else's now (ie: unaccounted 10 to 11 GB on HDD).

No need to format or upgrade. Whew. Appreciate the replies, thread can be locked now.