2024-05-05

May 2010

How to Restore Factory Capacity of Hard Drive?

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This post is a complete guide on recovering your hard drive’s factory capacity. Reasons why hard drive might lose some megabytes or even gigabytes:Your Operating System does not support LBA48 addressing mode You are mixing binary and decimal gigabytes Your motherboard has created a hidden area on your hard drive to store a backup of the BIOS binaries 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) You have used some software that sets HPA (Host Protected Area), messes with DCO (Device Configuration Overlay), or switches off LBA48 support You have misplaced a jumper on the drive There was Magic involvedSolutions to Restore Hard Drive Factory Capacity :Check jumpers.…
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Maxtor & Quantum ATA Hard Disk Drive Jumper Settings

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If your drive came with two jumpers and your setting only calls for one, you can place the extra jumper horizontally accross the top row for storage.Maxtor CrystalMax 1080 Maxtor Fireball 531DX Ultra ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax 16 Maxtor DiamondMax 1750 Ultra ATA 33 Maxtor DiamondMax 1750A Ultra ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 17 VL Ultra ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax 20 VL Ultra ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax 2160 Ultra ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 2880 Ultra ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 30 VL Ultra ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax 30 VL Ultra ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax 3400 Ultra ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 36 ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax 40 ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax 40 VL Ultra ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax 4320 Ultra ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 536DX Maxtor DiamondMax 60 ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax 60 ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax 6800 Ultra ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 80 ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax D540X-4D Maxtor DiamondMax D540X-4G Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 2500 Ultra ATA Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 Ultra ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 Ultra ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 45 Ultra ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 Ultra ATA 33 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 Ultra ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 Ultra ATA 100 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 6800 Ultra ATA 66 Maxtor DiamondMax Ultra ATAMaxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 Maxtor DiamondMax D540X_4K Maxtor DiamondMax D540X_4L Maxtor DiamondMax D740XMaxtor Fireball 541DX Maxtor Fireball LCT20 Quantum Fireball CR Quantum Fireball CX Quantum Fireball EL Quantum Fireball EX Quantum Fireball LCT08 Quantum Fireball LCT10 Quantum Fireball LCT15 Quantum Fireball Plus KA Quantum Fireball Plus KX Quantum Fireball SE Quantum Fireball ST Quantum Fireball LM Quantum Fireball ASMaxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 Maxtor DiamondMax 11 Maxtor DiamondMax 17Maxtor DiamondMax 20 Maxtor DiamondMax 21…
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