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From: Robin Atwood <robin@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 14:12:25
Message-Id: 20190705211207.7766dd87@binro.org
1 I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my
2 surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is there
3 anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical nature)? I live in
4 Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the little shop where I bought
5 it sold me a load of junk. But the device is in warranty until 2022
6 and looks convincing (I checked the serial number on the WD web
7 site). Of course I can go to the WD service centre and get the HD
8 exchanged but I thought I would see if there were any technical
9 wheezes first.
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11 Thanks
12 Robin
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Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB Vladimir Romanov <blueboar2@×××××.com>