XP doesn't reconize entire WD HD size!

I just made another computer and installed a Western Digital 120GB HD and XP is only reconizing 114GB!

Strange.

Specs:

Asus P4B533-E MOBO, XP Home (SP 1 installed) WD 120GB HD.

Any helpd would be great.

That doesn't sound so bad. Once you factor in the fat (or ntfs) table and that most hd manufacturers "make it easy" by stating 1gb = 1000mb not 1024mb. (1000mb / 120GB = 117.19gb) 3gb for the fat(ntfs) and your sitting pretty.

Its usually normal for the drive not to detect as the exact capacity specified. Even some 80gb drives will only detect as 74-76gb.

I have a WD Caviar 120GB (2mb buffer not the Special Edition)
, winxp recognizes it as a 120GB perfectly.

Of course it looks like we lose space because of the 1000=1024 problem that HD manufacturers dont want to correct so that we can get what we pay for.