[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: ATA Drive Question

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Loafman" <kenneth at loafman.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] OT: ATA Drive Question


> BBBB wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "william jones" <wljonespe at verizon.net>
> > To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] OT: ATA Drive Question
> >
> >
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: BBBB <Brad.List at Thingbuilder.com>
> >> To: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss at ntlug.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, December 1, 2006 2:21:43 PM
> >> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] OT: ATA Drive Question
> >>
> >>
> >> I purchased a used IBM Netvista computer with a 20 gig ATA drive
> > (according
> >> to the part number).
> >> When using ubuntu's disk partitioner or using Partition Magic, I only
see
> > 10
> >> gigs.
> >> If this is in fact a 20 gig drive, How do I make the other 10 gigs
> > visible?
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bradley
> >>
> >> Bradley,
> >>
> >> I had a similar problem with a flash drive.  The missing half turned up
in
> > another directory.  It was not visible to the partitioner as an ordinary
> > partition because it was formatted as Linux swap.  I use it for backup,
> > readable by Linux but not by Bill's bloatware.  The other half, which
was
> > always visible, is formatted vfat32, readable by all.  Admittedly, there
are
> > problems that will make half of a disk unreadable, such as a bad platter
or
> > a bad reading head.  I wish you good fortune.
> >> William L. Jones.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks, William. I suppose the drive could be defective but if it was a
swap
> > partition, wouldn't it have shown up in the Ubuntu installation
partitioner?
> > If I make a swap
> > partition, it is visible there.
>
> What is the part number on the drive itself?  Perhaps it was replaced.
>
> If you can, take a look at it with Linux's fdisk, delete the existing
> partition, then try to create a new one.  It's entirely possible that
> the 10GB missing is really in free space.  Or, if you don't want to
> delete the partition, try creating a 2nd partition.
>
> ...Ken
>

I don't know if it is original but here's the specs for the drive. ST320011A
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,385,00.html

I'll try fdisk when I get time. I believe the Ubuntu program I was using on
installation was QParted.

Thanks again,
Bradley