Re: new HD: can only see 8gb of 10

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From: David Goldman (David_at_dgoldman.com)
Date: Mon Nov 01 1999 - 01:07:55 EST


Andrew Webber wrote:

> > I've got my new 10gig HD in the ultraslimbay and I'm playing with
> > it with Partition Magic v4.
> >
> > No matter what I do, it reports only 8047.2MB. Is this a
> > limitation of my TP600? Is there some way to get at the other 2gb?
> > I don't care if it's a separate partition. IBM's site seems mute
> > on this subject.

I'm not clear from your message, but I believe that your problem exists
because you are attempting to define a *SINGLE* partition larger than 8GB.
Have you tried partitioning the drive into two partitions, neither one
larger than 8GB? I believe that will work but you'll have to try it to be
certain.


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