"SR" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:3f9f2c2d$1_3@cosmos.uncensored-news.com...
> I bought a 180 GB Hitachi/IBM hard drive, and now I am attempting the
> partitioning process.
> The HD is connected via an external USB2 case, and the OS is Windows XP.
>
> The "Computer Management" reports the HD as 128 GB   and
>
> Partition Magic shows it as 131 GB.
>
> 185.2 GB is written on the hard disk...
>
>
> Why do I get a wrong reading? What's the trick to solve this problem?
>
> Sigi
>
>
> PS:
> 7200 rmp, 8 MB cache, 16,000 Yen in Akihabara.
> An additional 3.5 inch USB2/IDE external case was 4,000 Yen.
> Entire combinations fro IO-Date, Buffalo offer 160 GB hard drives for
21,000
> Yen.
>

Does PartitionMagic support disk sizes above 160gb?  I seem to remember
version 8.0 stating "up to 160gb".  I was about to rummage round the
Powerquest homepage for you (I've been using P/Magic since version 3.0 so
known a little about it)...but in the 15 diversion-filled minutes that it
took to get there the latest Enterprise episode at 450mb started and
finished downloading...WOW..that was fast.

Here it is...from the Powerquest homepage

"1. Will PartitionMagic work on any size hard drive?

PartitionMagic 8.0 has been officially tested on drives up to 160 GB. Users
have not reported any problems, however, when using PartitionMagic 8.0 on
drives larger than 160 GB."  so I guess it should work.

What's the exact model number of your physical hard disk?


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