i have a somewhat puzzling problem i would value some insight n:
i have installed a maxtor DM9+ 120GB ata133 hdd on an asus a7n8x m/b [rev 2, bios 1004].
The bios recognises the hdd model number correctly.
On winXP setup, XP identifies it as a 122million bytes drives and then says it is a 117thousand MB drive.
I have tried many different partition sizes from 30gb to a single full-size partition and for some reason it reserves/doesnt format 8mb.
This i can live with if it is the norm.
Then, strangely, after XP installs, in windows it identifies it as a 114Gb drive.
Asus probe quotes the same bytes numbers [122mill] and says it is a 117mb drive, yet sisoft sandra and 3dMark2001 both also identify it as a 114Gb drive.
I understand that there is a difference in convention between using 1024 and 1000kb as 1MB and that should account for having 2 different drive sizes [ie maybe 120 vs 117]
but i dont understand why i have 3 potential different drive sizes it maxtor selling a "120gb" drive and then XP calling it in turn a 117234MB and als also a 114Gb drive.
please could you shed some light.
I have done 3 reinstalls already. it is a new machine an hdd and i need to know if it a XP oddity but normal, a bios problem [unlikely i think if it identifies the correct model number?]
or else a dodgy drive i need to rma.
i would really appreciate some input.
i have installed a maxtor DM9+ 120GB ata133 hdd on an asus a7n8x m/b [rev 2, bios 1004].
The bios recognises the hdd model number correctly.
On winXP setup, XP identifies it as a 122million bytes drives and then says it is a 117thousand MB drive.
I have tried many different partition sizes from 30gb to a single full-size partition and for some reason it reserves/doesnt format 8mb.
This i can live with if it is the norm.
Then, strangely, after XP installs, in windows it identifies it as a 114Gb drive.
Asus probe quotes the same bytes numbers [122mill] and says it is a 117mb drive, yet sisoft sandra and 3dMark2001 both also identify it as a 114Gb drive.
I understand that there is a difference in convention between using 1024 and 1000kb as 1MB and that should account for having 2 different drive sizes [ie maybe 120 vs 117]
but i dont understand why i have 3 potential different drive sizes it maxtor selling a "120gb" drive and then XP calling it in turn a 117234MB and als also a 114Gb drive.
please could you shed some light.
I have done 3 reinstalls already. it is a new machine an hdd and i need to know if it a XP oddity but normal, a bios problem [unlikely i think if it identifies the correct model number?]
or else a dodgy drive i need to rma.
i would really appreciate some input.
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