External HD Format Question...

[djcorrosive]

I'm looking to format my external, which i did but one question under Info it says

Format : Mac OS Extended
Capacity : 999.86 GB
Available : 999.28 GB
Used : 579.4 MB on disk (579,424,256 bytes)

What is the used space about? When it should be 100% empty?

 

[Hellhammer]

Might be because of the formatting or drivers that the drive provides etc. That's less than 600MB so don't worry about it

 

[MacDawg]

You should be able to use something like Grand Perspective to see exactly what is on the drive. But I wouldn't worry about it.

Woof, Woof - Dawg