Make a conversion between vendor and OS capacity calculating method How to fix “SSD reporting wrong size” in Windows?Īfter figuring out possible reasons for SSD showing wrong space, it’s time to get a deeper understanding of each one and check the corresponding solutions. ▶The SSD drive is larger than 2TB but initialized to be MBR. ▶The Virtual Memory paging file is located on the SSD/HDD. ▶Vendor's capacity calculation is different from computer OS. So why the actual capacity does not match the described capacity? The following reasons can be accounted for the SSD not showing the correct size: However, some users find their just bought brand-new SSD drive showing wrong size for no reasons. Some users even transfer OS to SSD for a quick boot time. Thanks to the optimal reading&writing performance and low latency, SSD (solid-state drive) is becoming increasingly popular, and it has been a prior choice for computer users. How to fix “SSD reporting wrong size” issue in Windows PC?įurther reading: SSD reports wrong size after clone