July 22nd, 2006, 04:12 PM
Having checked that model of Western Digital drive I would say that it is correct. The drive has slightly more than 160Gb (manufacturer's rating). So, 160000 / 1.048576 gives 152588, which is close...
July 21st, 2006, 08:41 AM
Hi met~ ,
I am not saying that this is related to your problem, only that it might be, because I have come across this before.
This site: http://www.48bitlba.com/
has some useful...
July 20th, 2006, 04:31 AM
Hmmmm,
As for the drive utilisation I would say that you are OK up to 80%, once you hit 90% you can expect serious performance issues, and that goes for both NTFS and FAT32.
Not only will you...
July 19th, 2006, 10:09 PM
If the drive is OK, then you may be hitting the 128/137 barrier either in your Windows and/or your BIOS.
Please see this article:
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July 19th, 2006, 11:38 AM
Hmmm,
I find it strange that your system tells you it is 149Gb and that is what I pointed out from what you were saying earlier (15 + 1 + 133).
Muert0 has shown you the correct (accurate)...
July 16th, 2006, 08:44 PM
I think that you might have another problem?
15 + 1 + 133 = 149, not 160.
July 16th, 2006, 08:07 AM
muert0 has a point there.
Windows 2000 and XP will not let you create a FAT32 partition greater than 32GB. However, they will support FAT32 partitions up to the maximum that the filesystem will...
