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OpenStudy (y1066380):

A 1.5 TB harddisk, but it shows only 900 GB in BIOS, what is the reason, and how to fix it?

OpenStudy (rsmith6559):

Have you partitioned and formatted the drive? It may have another partition.

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

@rsmith6559 Huh? They said BIOS. @y1066380 Did you look to see if they have a BIOS update for the motherboard?

OpenStudy (y1066380):

is it possible that there are bad sectors?

OpenStudy (y1066380):

btw, this is one of the quiz question.

OpenStudy (y1066380):

and i want to know the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A: BIOS needs be updated

OpenStudy (e.mccormick):

The BIOS does not test sectors. All it looks at is the baic hardware information.

OpenStudy (y1066380):

Ok, thanks

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