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| Thread ID: 77045 | 2007-02-25 03:48:00 | SCSI Help Please | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 527947 | 2007-02-25 03:48:00 | OK..I just went out and bought a few SCSI 200g harddrives, all are MAXTOR STM3200820A (List $89.95US/$127.28NZ, Discounted to a final price of $39.95US/$56.53NZ..see why I bought a few?) and after I f'd the first one, all I saw was 127g available. Is that right? I used the cd-rom that came with it and shut off the Windows Wizard right up front. Pretty sure I have the large capacity thing set right... All my other drives are OK>..just these new SCSI's are strange. Somebody tells me it sounds like a 48bit LBA problem. I of course have SP2, so I think that's not right. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 527948 | 2007-02-25 04:05:00 | If it is a 48 bit LBA prob (support.microsoft.com), (looks like it should show round 137 not 127 GB (In Windows). Does the BIOS support LBA (or does it have the LBA option in it) as well? The system isn't that old is it? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 527949 | 2007-02-25 04:40:00 | Nah . . . not that old at all . . and like I said . . I didn't believe it anyway . . . Running a scandisk on one of them right now . . . so far I have done the following: 1) physically installed the harddrive on a known good working expansion card (EIDE) and there was another non-SCSI in that position before . 2) killed the Windows Wizard when it popped in . . . 3) installed the drivers from the original CD-rom that came with the hdd 4) formatted in NTFS . . . but I had to convert it as I missed the original splash . . . I don't think that was harmful though . . . 5) right this minute, I am running a full Error check via Windows utility and running the check disk options with Auto fix and Attempt to recover bad sectors . . . so far . . . nothing shows . (phase 5 is about 75% done) Maybe I should reformat it and see what I get . :badpc: I test ran this disk as a spooler for DVD Shrink . . a temp area for the decoded part . . . and it worked OK . . . . and I have since removed the files and the hdd is empty right now . Is it normal for SCSI's to report smaller than advertised capacity? I know about the conversion factor and hex and normal numbers . . . so that's not where I am concerned . I have a couple of other, smaller SCSI's . . and for the life of me, I don't remember what they report . Should I use a different allocation unit size? Will that help? It is at 4096 right now . . . |
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