Topic: Size of external HD appears wrong on gparted
My external disk is suppose to be 500 GB but it appears as 1TB.
I have gparted 0.18 on Linux Mint 17
Here is some output (the problem occurs with dev/sdb):
$ sudo fdisk -l -u
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdab8e457
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 1953521663 976759808 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
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$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Model: HGST HTS 541010A9E680 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 2048s 1953521663s 1953519616s primary ntfs