HDD showing up as 127GB instead of 137gb

Motoxrdude · 12-07-2005, 02:51 PM

Hey, im sure you are all aware about the 24bit LBA thing, that limits your HDD to 137gb. But my hard drive is differant, mine shows up as 127gb. I have done everything i know, created more partitions, enable 48bit lba support, still, 127gb. Have any ideas?

Dilly man 2 · 12-07-2005, 03:02 PM

and i have a 160gig and it showed up as 147gig....

just by formating the hdd you loose gigs i guess you culd reformat and compress the files more but, imo not worth it

suprasteve · 12-07-2005, 09:04 PM

drives are never as big as they say they are, my 300 was like 278 and my 200 was 186

Motoxrdude · 12-09-2005, 01:43 AM

True, it usually is up to 10gbs less then they people say but 33gbs is way too much. I know there is a way to get those gigs back because when i popped this in my xbox it shows up as 160gb. My friend has the same problem. He has a seagate 400GB showing up as 127gb. Any one have a clue?

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Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	and i have a 160gig and it showed up as 147gig.... just by formating the hdd you loose gigs i guess you culd reformat and compress the files more but, imo not worth it __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

12-09-2005, 01:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 18 Posts: 6,216	True, it usually is up to 10gbs less then they people say but 33gbs is way too much. I know there is a way to get those gigs back because when i popped this in my xbox it shows up as 160gb. My friend has the same problem. He has a seagate 400GB showing up as 127gb. Any one have a clue? __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08. McCain/Palin 08'

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12-07-2005, 09:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	drives are never as big as they say they are, my 300 was like 278 and my 200 was 186