IBM Deskstar 160G hard disk problem


Under WinXP x86, I could create a 160G partition and format it.

Under Vi$Ta x64, I could only create and format a 20G-30G partition.
Vi$Ta reported an error when formatting a partition bigger than 30G.

Is this an hardware or software issue?

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