[iyonix-support] Re: Re : Re: USB hard drive
- From: Chris <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:14:08 +0000 (GMT)
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.
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