Gonzalo Meza <gonzalo_meza@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chris <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Question 2: My hard-drive supports 'LBA' and, by selecting this in > > DataSafe's formatter, I was able to almost double its capacity from > > 8 Gb to 15 Gb. What is LBA and is there a downside to using it to > > increase a drive's capacity in this way? > If you are not using LBA, under an ATA disk, you will not be able to > access more than 7,8 GB of it, no matter the real capacity. The > limiting factor is the number of cylinders, heads and sectors per > track that can be addressed (1024 / 255 / 63). > By using LBA, this limit can be by-passed and you can use the full > capacity of the disk. So, if your normally not doubling the > capacity, just using the total one. Many thanks, Gonzalo. And thanks to Steve too. I've used LBA ! Chris. -- --------------------------------------------- Chris Bell, Wales, UK chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.highpath.net --------------------------------------------- --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support