IBM Deskstar 160G hard disk problem

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

Under WinXP x86, I could create a 160G partition and format it.

Under Vi$Ta x64, I could only create and format a 20G-30G partition.
Vi$Ta reported an error when formatting a partition bigger than 30G.

Is this an hardware or software issue?

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^ ^ 18:45:01 up 1 day 8:19 1 user load average: 1.02 1.01 1.00
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[Flasherly]

Under WinXP x86, I could create a 160G partition and format it.

Under Vi$Ta x64, I could only create and format a 20G-30G partition.
Vi$Ta reported an error when formatting a partition bigger than 30G.

Is this an hardware or software issue?

--
@~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY.
/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
/( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04) Linux 2.6.25.4
^ ^ 18:45:01 up 1 day 8:19 1 user load average: 1.02 1.01 1.00
? ? (CSSA):http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa/

format it prior to loading vista (pq magic) and see how it detects

 

[Mike Tomlinson]

Under Vi$Ta x64, I could only create and format a 20G-30G partition.
Vi$Ta reported an error when formatting a partition bigger than 30G.

Is this an hardware or software issue?

Software. Format it using NTFS instead of FAT32.

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

Changing the IDE cable fixed it... anyway, it's not
a direct connection to the hard disk and I forgot to
mention this. Sorry.

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/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
/( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04) Linux 2.6.25.4
^ ^ 19:23:01 up 1 day 5:04 1 user load average: 3.47 3.51 3.45
? ? (CSSA):
http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa/