[COMP] Re: Hard Drive Sizes

John Madden wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Does anyone know if you can tell a hard drive size
> > from the Cylinders/Heads/Sector numbers?
> >
> > I have a Quantum with 6300/12/63 displayed on it, but
> > have no idea of the size.  I know plugging into a PC
> > will solve the problem, but is there not a calculation
> > you can use to determine the size?
> 
> I don't *think* there is, since the drive geometry (that's what those
> numbers are) can be changed in software anyway.  I think your best bet
> would be to get out to quantum's site and look up the drives model number.
> 
> Oh, and btw, quantums usually have a model number on them like "640AT" or
> something (ending with an AT if it's an IDE drive).  That number there is
> the size of the drive though. :)
> 
> John
> 

Or, you could manually enter those numbers into there respective places
in the BIOS setup hard drive option or ~. That might spit out a general
idea.

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