sata 160gb problem

[Paul]

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hi all,

i bought a new drive sata 160gb (seagate). but i found there is only
about 150gb after installed win xp. i put all the Motherboard driver
and download the latest service pack 2 and the seagate drive
utility(which modified the registry value--enable48bit lba) but still
the same.

any idea?

paul

 

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Like this?

Advertised --- Actual Capacity
10GB --- 9.31 GB
20GB --- 18.63 GB
30GB --- 27.94 GB
40GB --- 37.25 GB
60GB --- 55.88 GB
80GB --- 74.51 GB
100GB --- 93.13 GB
120GB --- 111.76 GB
160GB --- 149.01 GB
180GB --- 167.64 GB
200GB --- 186.26 GB
250GB --- 232.83 GB

It's because we use wo different counting systems, decimal and binary
149GB ~ 149*1024*1024*1024 ~ 160GB (decimal as in 160*1000*1000*1000)
)
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"paul" <ball@mwlam.org> kirjoitti viestissa
news:1116199779.298976.206760@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> hi all,
>
> i bought a new drive sata 160gb (seagate). but i found there is only
> about 150gb after installed win xp. i put all the Motherboard driver
> and download the latest service pack 2 and the seagate drive
> utility(which modified the registry value--enable48bit lba) but still
> the same.
>
> any idea?
>
> paul
>

 

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Urk, this font is awful.

paul <ball@mwlam.org> wrote in message
news:1116199779.298976.206760@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

> i bought a new drive sata 160gb (seagate).
> but i found there is only about 150gb
> after installed win xp.


Thats normal, the drive sized is stated
by seagate in decimal GBs and XP reports
the size in binary GBs.

> i put all the Motherboard driver
> and download the latest service pack 2
> and the seagate drive utility(which
> modified the registry value--enable48bit lba)
> but stillthe same.

> any idea?

See above.

 

[Paul]

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Thomas Wendell 寫�：
> Like this?
>
> Advertised --- Actual Capacity
> 10GB --- 9.31 GB
> 20GB --- 18.63 GB
> 30GB --- 27.94 GB
> 40GB --- 37.25 GB
> 60GB --- 55.88 GB
> 80GB --- 74.51 GB
> 100GB --- 93.13 GB
> 120GB --- 111.76 GB
> 160GB --- 149.01 GB
> 180GB --- 167.64 GB
> 200GB --- 186.26 GB
> 250GB --- 232.83 GB
>
> It's because we use wo different counting systems, decimal and binary
> 149GB ~ 149*1024*1024*1024 ~ 160GB (decimal as in 160*1000*1000*1000)
> )
> --
> Tumppi
> Reply to group
> =================================================
> Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com
> Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM)
> (translations from FI/SE not always accurate)
> =================================================
>
>
>
> "paul" <ball@mwlam.org> kirjoitti viestissa
> news:1116199779.298976.206760@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > hi all,
> >
> > i bought a new drive sata 160gb (seagate). but i found there is
only
> > about 150gb after installed win xp. i put all the Motherboard
driver
> > and download the latest service pack 2 and the seagate drive
> > utility(which modified the registry value--enable48bit lba) but
still
> > the same.
> >
> > any idea?
> >
> > paul
> >

I got it , thanks very much

paul