the 2nd one is true. But it may be solved by BIOS update.

also, keep in mind that hard drive use 1000 instead of 1024 when they talk
about the number game. 1G by computer is 1024 x 1024 x 1024, however, hard
driver manufacturers use 1000 x 1000 x 1000. The greater capacity, the
greater space you lost during hard drive manufacturers cheating on number
(160G should be about 149G in computer).

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "ktj" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:43 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] hardrive access question


> I have 4 hardrives ........1 20 gig on which my OS and programs reside(XP
> professional) and 3 160 gig 7200 rpm drives............
> the following is what the system information says about them...it sees
only
> 128 gig.....i have been told two different things....1. that the
difference
> between 128 and 160 is taken up with formatting the drive
> (this is by the people who built the system for me) and then from someone
> else, that without an ATA-133 controller(which I don;t have) the older
> controllers will only see 128 gigs..............which one is true,

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