Definition: Formatted Capacity


The actual capacity available to store data in a mass storage device. The formatted capacity is the gross capacity minus the capacity taken up by the overhead data required for formatting the media.




DID YOU KNOW?  DATA RECOVERY FACTS AND TERMINOLOGY:

Data Recovery Fact

Headerless Format

The lack of a header or ID fields (track format). This enables greater format efficiency and increased user capacity.

Please visit our Data Recovery Knowledgebase for more facts and terminology.