RE: Windows shows wrong hard disk (hdd) size. Every HDD is limited to
- From: Ricardo Toma <RicardoToma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:16:12 -0700
OK. Nobody but myself found the right answer to this problem. I will write
it here, so, if someone has the same problem, he can find the solution
(hopefully) here.
Somewhere, strange (very strange!) the disk quotas were activated at 5 GB.
That was it. Just change the disk quotas...
"Ricardo Toma" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am having a strange problem. I searched all the web and can't find any
> solution to this problem. If anybody can help, I would really appreciate it.
> So, here it goes:
>
> I have 2 HDD. Disk 0, and Disk 1 which I partitioned with "Disk Manager"
> (Windows XP).
>
> Disk 0 is partitioned: C(3.9 GB), E (11.72 GB), F(12.32 GB)
> Disk 1 is partitioned: D(15.63GB), H(9.53GB), M(2.8GB)
>
> This information is OK and I can accept small differences between
> manufacturers "size" and "software" size because of different standards.
> Disk 0 + Disk 1 should be approx. 60 GB (30 GB each one).
>
> When I do "chkdsk", the information is displayed correctly, too.
>
> The problem is Windows Explorer. When I click MyPC and try to see the amount
> of total disk space I have in each drive, it is displayed wrong. VERY WRONG.
>
> The TOTAL DISK SPACE of:
> a) Disk C (real: 3.9GB) is displayed as: 3.9 GB (that's OK)
> b) Disk D (real 15.63GB) is displayed as: 5.00 GB (that's wrong!)
> c) Disk E (real: 11.72GB) is displayed as: 5.00 GB (that's wrong, too!)
> d) Disk F (real: 12.32GB) is displayed as: 5.00 GB (again 5.00 GB??)
> e) Disk H (real: 9.53GB) is displayed again as 5.00 GB
> f) Disk M (real: 2.80 GB) is displayed OK as 2.79 GB (small difference of
> aprox., this doesn't matter)
>
> So, when looking at this I suppose that there is some LIMIT for Windows
> Explorer (or at least some part of Windows, but not Disk Manager) for
> recognizing the total space of a hard disk (hdd) greater that 5 GB.
>
> This is a new problem. I didn't had this problem before. I really don't
> remember when this problem begun, but this was long ago. I really didn't
> notice at first, but now, it's a problem I wan to fix.
>
> Anyone? Some help? Someone to point me in the right direction maybe?
>
> I am using Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. The HDD are Quantum
> Fireball. Each of approx. 30 GB. The BIOS reads the size correctly, too.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Greetings,
>
> Ricardo Toma
>
>
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