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Its all French to me :) I found that number by higher or lower each decimal place and testing each time like a game puzzle. Unfortunately although it formats fine without requiring a downgrade the second you try to do a file system restore it corrupts and requires formatting :( I was warned...

I really have no idea when it comes to adding all that up, I just went off what HDAT2 reads out.

I found the limit firmware 4.87 can handle, it's 1.65TB or 1649.267441663999989GB. Not documented anywhere I could find so I thought i'd share here as its the first hit on google. On a shucked 2TB Seagate Slim Portable ST2000LM007 I had to trim the drive with HDAT2/HPA to a max of 3221225472...