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  1. btbenev

    200 GB HD problem... bizzare

    Thanks, that's what I was thinking, but as the drive *seems* to be working properly in all other aspects I was hoping for a way to re-build the drive's firmware. I agree though. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
  2. btbenev

    200 GB HD problem... bizzare

    Seagate's site says I'm out of warranty, I think I bought it a few months prior to the 5 year warranty's introduction. maybe I can find one to swap PCB's with. :P
  3. btbenev

    200 GB HD problem... bizzare

    Ok, SeaTools shows me that the drive is configured for 48 bit addressing, but the drive is reported as having a capacity of 137 GB I suppose this software just calculates the size using 1000B = 1KB instead of 1024B = 1KB One interesting find in the SeaTools app, the "Max Native Address" is...
  4. btbenev

    200 GB HD problem... bizzare

    Vacunita - I have tried seagate's tools, I don't recall what it determined so i'll run through that again to get specifics... M1ckG - The BIOS also sees the drive as 128 GB (consistantly on many dissimilar machines ranging from a few years old to less than a month old). Wolluf - Yeah, a...
  5. btbenev

    200 GB HD problem... bizzare

    I just tried using partition commander and again, I only saw the familiar 127.99 GB... Any thoughts?
  6. btbenev

    Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Error Check)

    bad block = failed drive, unfortunately there's just not much more to it than that. buy a new drive and transfer your data before you lose more blocks.
  7. btbenev

    Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Error Check)

    check the system and application event logs for any relevant information. You may see specific error messages appear at the same time as you have encountered problems. I have often seen indications of drive failiure in the event log.
  8. btbenev

    Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Error Check)

    about how old is this computer and what version of Windows are you using?
  9. btbenev

    200 GB HD problem... bizzare

    Yes, I have done that. Under Disk Management it shows up with the dimensions I listed previously. Recently I bought a MacBook Pro, I tried connecting it to that also out of curiousity but again, the drive shows up as a 128 GB drive. No matter what OS, or update level, the highest drive capacity...
  10. btbenev

    External hard drive does not show drive letter but shows as healthy

    sorry, I didn't read enough I suppose. you can see the file system type... yeah, try a data recovery app... *nothing to add* sorry
  11. btbenev

    External hard drive does not show drive letter but shows as healthy

    It is possible that the drive is partitioned, but not formatted or initialized and not partitioned, so it would show you a drive, or a part of a drive that is healthy, but cannot be utilized. can you see the file system type of the drive you are trying to access?
  12. btbenev

    200 GB HD problem... bizzare

    I have a 200 GB Seagate hard drive, regardless of what computer I connect it to it shows up as a 137,XXX,XXX,XXX byte (128GB) hard drive. I initially thought this was a matter of my BIOS being out of date or my OS not being fully patched, but as I tried to rectify those issues, the problem...

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