[Ti] Why does Disk Utility see my 80gig as 128gig?

[Robert Nicholson]

It would not be wise to reformat the drive if the OS thought it was 128 
gig. You could potentially
damage the drive.

So for now I've swapped it into the pb and the pb thinks it's 80 gig 
like it should.

On Dec 12, 2003, at 12:18 PM, John Griffin wrote:

> Robert Nicholson typed this message on 12/11/03 4:16 PM:
>
>> So I've got this new 2.5 IBM 80 gig 4200 rpm drive and Disk Utility
>> swears blind that it's an
>> 128gig drive.
>>
>> Why is that?
>
> So, this must be your lucky day!
>
> BTW: If you reformat the drive does it still appear as a 128g HD?
>
> jg
>
>
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