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I have a maxtor 4A250J0 250GB IDE/ATA hard drive. I am confused at the
different sizes I see reported in various places as follows:
1) supposed to be a 250 GB hard drive.
2) BIOS shows a 'max LBA capacity' of 251003 MB (which is roughly 245.12 GB)
3) Windows XP Sp1 Disk Management shows the disk as a 233.76 GB hard drive.
I am aware of bios and software(os) limitations in partition size (the 2GB,
8.4 GB, and 137 GB.. limitations. and earlier ones) And, I am aware of
depending on cluster size your 'usable' space on a disk varies and may not
equal the advertised drive capacity.... however, those are all refering to
partitions and/or partitions after formatting.
I am refering to the drive as a whole before partitioning. The numbers I
listed are refering to the drives capacity as a whole. So my questions are:
1) whats with the difference in numbers (explanation)?
2) is there something wrong? if so is it something I can/should fix? Or is
this normal?
any and all info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I have a maxtor 4A250J0 250GB IDE/ATA hard drive. I am confused at the
different sizes I see reported in various places as follows:
1) supposed to be a 250 GB hard drive.
2) BIOS shows a 'max LBA capacity' of 251003 MB (which is roughly 245.12 GB)
3) Windows XP Sp1 Disk Management shows the disk as a 233.76 GB hard drive.
I am aware of bios and software(os) limitations in partition size (the 2GB,
8.4 GB, and 137 GB.. limitations. and earlier ones) And, I am aware of
depending on cluster size your 'usable' space on a disk varies and may not
equal the advertised drive capacity.... however, those are all refering to
partitions and/or partitions after formatting.
I am refering to the drive as a whole before partitioning. The numbers I
listed are refering to the drives capacity as a whole. So my questions are:
1) whats with the difference in numbers (explanation)?
2) is there something wrong? if so is it something I can/should fix? Or is
this normal?
any and all info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.