![]() ![]() Hard drive manufacturers use decimal gigabytes while operating systems use binary gigabytes. Windows Vista does not have any issue with big drives. ![]() Windows 2000, 2003 and XP do not support big drives by default you will have to install the latest service pack in order to get big drives working properly on these OS. There are ways to get around this problem, but since these Operating Systems are rather rare nowadays, I do not see the point of writing about them. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME will not support big drives (>137GB) even if you install all hotfixes. ![]() Operating System does not support LBA-48 addressing mode Now I will go through these things one-by-one and provide some more details. You have misplaced a jumper on the drive.You have used some software that sets HPA (Host Protected Area), messes with DCO (Device Configuration Overlay), or switches off LBA48 support.Your PC/Laptop manufacturer has created a hidden area on your hard drive to store a backup of the Operating System installation files (needed for automatic restore functionality).Your motherboard has created a hidden area on your hard drive to store a backup of the BIOS binaries.You are mixing binary and decimal gigabytes.Your Operating System does not support LBA48 addressing mode.There are several common reasons of why your hard drive might lose some megabytes or even gigabytes: ![]() “My hard drive has mysteriously became smaller! How can I restore its full capacity?” At the end of this article there is a link to our program that recovers factory capacity of any hard drive. This article is a complete guide on recovering your hard drive’s factory capacity. These days Atola Technology makes digital forensic tools that allow restoring HDD capacity, among other more complex and effective capabilities: ![]()
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