[X4U] 160 gb drive read as 127.87 gb
B. Kuestner
kuestner at macnews.de
Sat Oct 29 06:13:06 PDT 2005
> So what is probably going on is that the Firewire enclosure has an
> older chipset that doesn't recognize drives larger than 128 GB.
> You probably need to get a new Firewire drive enclosure.
And before switching the drive to the new case, be sure to backup
your data! In some cases the extra space just seems available like
magic, but there are still corrupted data on the drive.
I recommend to backup, switch cases, reformat, copy your data back,
enjoy the extra space.
Björn
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