200GB seen as 128GB (Hey, heard that one before?)

[Greg the dogsitter]

External firewire...200GB...Disk Utility shows 128GB...you know the routine.

Is there a way around this?

Thanks,

GtDS

[Mike Sellers]

How old is the Firewire enclosure? I have an old one that won't format above 128 GB.

[OWC Larry]

Absolutely - work around is a new FW enclosure.

If the 200GB is a Maxtor - depending on the HD model and what FireWire enclosure you have, you may be able to enable the special ATA/5 Maxtor Big Disk LBA support... but that is dependent on it being a compatible Maxtor drive and a FW enclosure with an Oxford 911 chipset and proper firmware updater support.

Otherwise, there is nothing to make the bridge in that enclosure support over 128GB.

[Greg the dogsitter]

Thanks, guys.

[The Grim Ninja]

Send it to me, I'll fix it and get it right back to you!*

*Allow 3 to 5 years working time