Re: Hard Drive Size

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:30:12 -0700, "Damian" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

swalker wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:30:54 -0700, "relic" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Yes Baby wrote:
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:44:35 -0700, "Damian" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

swalker wrote:
2 identical HDs, with the same physical size. The system has them
as "C" & "F"

F is a clone of C and both are 160 GB drives.

In My Computer, C is shown as having 127 GB and F as 149 GB.

Why are they reported a having different sizes. I would think
both would be 149GB.

It depends on When, and with What they were formatted.
Original XP (pre-SP1 version) didn't support 48-bit LBA. Nor did
Win 98.


OK

How do I correct the formatting?

by reformatting.........

Repartition first.

I forgot to mention something. If I physically swap the drives, ie
make F become C, then the new F shows a size of 149 GB and the new C
127 GB.

Did you change the cables too?
Are both positions internal IDE connections?


single IDE cable. Position using cable select on drives.
They were properly position after changing so that F was seen by the
computer as C
.

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