Hi,
        If your Bios Supports EIDE, make sure that LBA is turned on for
that drive.  One of my customers had the exact same problem.  I turned
on LBA, deleted the partion, repartioned it and it worked fine at full
capacity.

HTH
Donald Gaither


> Hi:
>
> I happened on a problem yesterday which is a new one on me.  I was
> working on a friend's computer.  He has a maxtor 1.2 gig HD, but it
> only
> formats to about 520 meg.  I checked the partision info, and there is
> only one which is using 100% of the drive.
>
> Some additional info:  I checked the writing on the drive and it is in
> fact a 1.2 gig HD.  Also, when I first boot up the computer (cmos?)
> reports that it is a 1.2 gig HD.
>
> I deleted the existing partision, and re-partisioned using 100% of the
> drive.  then reformatted.  Again, it only formatted to aboot 520 meg.
>
> Any information would be welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc Axelrod
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