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| jdat |
I've got a Maxtor 6L160P0 which is a 160GB 7200RPM drive
It's actually someone else who installed it in the computer so I don't know if they did something wrong or what not at the time but there's something I don't quite understand.
It's supposed to be a 160GB drive but it's only 128GB total ( it's split in two partitions one 63.5 one 64.5 )
Where'd the 32 GB missing go?
I understand there's often less on the drives then the actual advertised indication but still that's a lot "missing" !?
What's wrong? :conf:
I'm basically burning everything that's on the drive and I'm about to reformat to install in another computer and do a clean install. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. |
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| stevieboy32808 |
| Use Norton Partition Magic! |
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| emc^2 |
| Depending on your MOBO BIOS, OS you're running, etc - it could be either not recognizing the size over certain limit or your drive geometry is not properly set up. Usually, these disks come with a utility you can run that will allow you to take advantage of all the space on your HD. Sounds to me like you're running an older version of Windows (98/ME). Time for upgrade. |
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| kamil |
Run (or install if you havent done so already) Partition Magic and check out all of the partitions.
If theres nothing there, im afraid you dont have a 160gb hard drive...possibly 140? |
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| stevieboy32808 |
| quote: | Originally posted by emc^2
Depending on your MOBO BIOS, OS you're running, etc - it could be either not recognizing the size over certain limit or your drive geometry is not properly set up. Usually, these disks come with a utility you can run that will allow you to take advantage of all the space on your HD. Sounds to me like you're running an older version of Windows (98/ME). Time for upgrade. |
A hard drive is not designed for any specific operating system or bios. It is suppose to be a blank space ready for whatever you put in it whether it'd be Linux, Unix, WinXP, and so forth.
My guess is 3 things:
1)do what you said regarding the utility
2)check pins and cable
3)use partition magic |
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| jdat |
I'm using Paragon Partition manager
and that's the info I get:
Model: Maxtor 6L160P0
Cylinders: 0x00004145 16709
Heads: 0x000000FF 255
Sectors / Track: 0x0000003F 63
Physical Sectors: 0x0FFFFFFF 268435455
Total Sectors: 0x0FFFEB05 268430085
That model is a 160GB there is no doubt about that.
There is a Maxblast4 utility that exists for non SP updated XP versions. I have tried to run the utility from Maxtor and cannot because everything is "ok"(have most recent SPs etc ).
Partitions are in NTFS. |
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| igottaknow |
| I've noticed that the drive size is often smaller than they advertise. for example i bought 120gig and I only have only 112gig so where did the other 8 gig go who knows? |
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| _Nut_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by emc^2
Depending on your MOBO BIOS, OS you're running, etc - it could be either not recognizing the size over certain limit or your drive geometry is not properly set up. Usually, these disks come with a utility you can run that will allow you to take advantage of all the space on your HD. Sounds to me like you're running an older version of Windows (98/ME). Time for upgrade. |
That is the likely cause. I think even XP (earlier versions) only see 132 gigs without the correct drivers loaded to the OS. Is this the main drive where the OS is loaded? |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dervish
Nah it has to do with the way HD makers advertise the space on their drives (to make emm sem bigger).
>LINKY - When is a a Gb not a GB< |
thx, yeah i vaguely remember someone explaining to me. |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Nut_
That is the likely cause. I think even XP (earlier versions) only see 132 gigs without the correct drivers loaded to the OS. Is this the main drive where the OS is loaded? |
No Os whatsoever on the drive. |
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| fastmp3 |
| yo bro mets a jour le bios (update your mobo's bios), it already happened to me before |
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