This is strange...

I've been having problems for a long time on this one PC of mine...

Finally, I decide to reformat/reinstall...

Initially, I had this PC setup with 2 WD 180GB drives in a mirror configuration

This time, I decided to break that and just use both HDs as normal hard drives.

After breaking the raid and choosing to reformat the first disc, WinXP decides 
it only wants to see a 127 GD dics. The BIOS sees the disc as 180 GB, however.

For reasons I'll skip, I decided to reformat the second drive and install 
WinXPSP2 on it instead. Windows sees this one as a 180GB disc and formats it 
fine.

Now I have both drives install and WinXPSP2 sees one as a 180 GB disc and the 
other as a 127 GB disc.

What's up with this?  This machins is GigaByte GA-SInXP-1394 mobo that I put 
together a couple of years ago (P4 3.06 GHz PC). The mobo is recent enough to 
support SATA so I don't think there is simply a problem recognizing the drive.

I think there is something wrong with that HD that formats to 127 GB when it 
should be 180. There are no other partitions on it, BTW.

Any ideas?  Thanks.

Happy Holidays, Y'all!!

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