windows 2000 and HD size limitation

scarecrow · May 23, 2003

I think you see the whole thing now...
150 GB are equal to 161,061,273,600 bytes.

Duracell · May 23, 2003

How does your postings match?

Originally posted by ubamous3 on 05-12-2003 11:01 PM
... the mobo and process shouldnt be a problem as im getting them brand new so that shouldnt be a problem

Originally posted by ubamous3 on 05-22-2003 04:25 PM
ok, i figure out what the problem is; the consultant who installed the hd for me put the hd directly to the motherboard instead of through the ide card that came with the HD;that's why it didnt see pass the 137 gig limit; ...

Did you bought an very old mobo? If not, the problem should be solved too, via BIOS upgrade and IDE driver update; so there is no need for the extra ide card;

about the "only 150 GB", scarecrow is right;

Greetings from
Duracell

ubamous3 · May 23, 2003

Duracell said:
How does your postings match?

Did you bought an very old mobo? If not, the problem should be solved too, via BIOS upgrade and IDE driver update; so there is no need for the extra ide card;

about the "only 150 GB", scarecrow is right;

Greetings from
Duracell

no, actually it's brand new motherboard my consultant picked up for me; the ide card came with the western digital hd so it didnt cost me anything, but it's good that i learn it can be done via bios upgrade and ide driver update as well.

btw, the hd is not 150 GB, it's 160 GB according to the ad and the box, so should i expect more than the amount scarecrow mentioned?

scarecrow · May 23, 2003

I have one Maxtor 6 L060J3 drive which has a nominal capacity of 60 GB- and formatted as a single FAT32 partition (default clustersize) it is measured by Windows as 50.5 GB or 54,301,392,896 bytes... it is a logical drive, so only 8-10 MB are cut over its maximum capacity.
The exact disk capacity (which moreover depends on the filesystem used) can be calculated from the HD specs, which can be found at the manufacturers' site.