"Jean-Marc Desperrier" <jmdesp@alussinan.org>, haber iletisinde sunlari
yazdi:bno0q3$4ld$1@reader1.imaginet.fr...
> SR wrote:
> > 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...
>
> So you go with your 180 Gb disk, but you've been hitting the LBA
> adressing limits of 128 Gb.
>
> Back in 94 when disks were beginning to hit the 512 Mo limit, LBA was
> something revolutionnary designed to avoid this kind of problem, ever,
> imagine this, it would go up to 128 Gb !

Isn't it somewhat dumb to manufacture 180Gb HDs when there is 128Gb limit?
just thinking out loud