Data Recovery Glossary > Unformatted capacity

Unformatted capacity refers to the total storage capacity of a hard disk before its formatting. In simple terms, it is the drive byte capacity before formatting. Unformatted drive capacity is a physical property relating to the number of platters and the density of data.

Unformatted capacity of a drive includes the boundary definitions, space that will be used to record location and timing information. Unformatted capacity is calculated actual size of the disk plus overhead data needed for formatting.

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