Re: Puzzling HD stats

shegeek72 <sweepster@xxxxxxx> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> shegeek72 <sweepster@xxxxxxx> wrote

>>> I have two HDs, a Maxtor 60g SATA and WD 80g IDE, with the
>>> Maxtor as the C: (boot) drive and the WD as D:. When I view
>>> the properties of the HDs the Maxtor 60g shows a capacity of
>>> 80g (74.5g) and the WD 61g (57.2g). Has my puter gotten confused?

>> The most obvious possibility is that its been you that is confused all
>> along and that they arent the way you say they are in the first sentence.

> Assuming you're not making a joke,

Corse I'm not.

> no.

We'll see...

> I've checked several times, including looking at the file
> structure on each to make sure I'm on the right HD.

Separate issue entirely to what letter it has.

> Also, in one diagnostic program (I've downloaded and
> tried several over the last few days, so I don't know
> which one, atm) it correctly listed the HD capacities.

Then most likely you are just getting confused
about which is the boot drive and which isnt.

> This seems to indicate it's a Windows' problem.

Its MUCH more likely to be your problem.

Which version of Win are you using ?

If its XP, see what it shows in Disk Management for the drives.


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