Re: Western Digital 500gb problem

My problem got solved. I ended up downloading GParted (LiveCD). The
Livecd is an iso image that creates a bootable linux cd. GParted is a
partitioning tool. When I booted with the CD, magically, GParted saw
the whole 500Gb.

I suspect my problem was related to what Franc Zabkar had indicated.
Somehow the disk was locked to report a specific size, even though I'd
thought I had zeroed the MBR. Imediately after repartitioning in
GParted, the BIOS then recognized the WD hard drive as a 500Gb drive.
Whew!

Goofy WindowsXP, after an initial reboot, identified the drive as a
one terrabyte drive. But subsequently Identified the drive as it
should've been, 500Gb. Thanks Franc, and the guys at GParted.

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