Re: Quantum LPS240

[madsci@tribeca.ios.com (Erick Dietrich)]

In article <4tlocp$r6l@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, nathan@cco.caltech.edu
(Nathan Mates) wrote:

> In article <31FE1726.205E@cardshow.com>,
> Michael Guitton  <webmaster@cardshow.com> wrote:
> >I have a QUANTUM LP240S GM24S01X Hard Drive mechanism and when =
> >formatted, only :) 199MB are available. I thought the name meant "240MB =
> >capacity". Is this normal?

Thus, a drive that says 240*10^6 should end up with approx 228MB
> formatted capacity. 

If it's a _really_ old drive
> that decided to really flake out, it may be mapping out bad sectors as
> unusable, reducing formatted capacity.

I have  three Quantum ProDrive  LPS240 drives.  Two in my Quadra, one ni
my IIsi.  They seem to format to around 225.  Very reliable drives, and
quite popular.  Remember all those Quadra's and Centris that came with
230mb drives?  99% of them were LPS240 mechanisms.

>    What's more than likely is that the drive was improperly
> partitioned to begin with-- they just didn't take full advantage of
> the drive. Try backing up the HD, doing a low-level format and
> repartition on it. The repartitioning tools should tell you how much
> of the drive is really usable.

Yeah.  It was most likely formatted to be a 200mb drive.  Sometimes Apple
rounds off the MB's to make it look nicer.  Too bad that wastes anywhere
form 2-30 megs of space.

If you have an LPS240 with so much bad space that you only get 199mb, you
should stop putting sand in the mechanism.  Might be a good idea to find a
drive thats in better shape.

-Erick