diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 09add169a..4c64ea2e7 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ load_hard_disks(void)
 
             case HDD_BUS_IDE:
                 max_spt    = 63;
-                max_hpc    = 16;
+                max_hpc    = 255;
                 max_tracks = 266305;
                 break;
 
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_harddiskdialog.cpp b/src/qt/qt_harddiskdialog.cpp
index 9468f7caf..22459f4fb 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_harddiskdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_harddiskdialog.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void HarddiskDialog::onCreateNewFile() {
 
     ui->progressBar->setEnabled(true);
     setResult(QDialog::Rejected);
-    qint64 size = ui->lineEditSize->text().toUInt() << 20U;
+    quint64 size = ui->lineEditSize->text().toULongLong() << 20U;
     if (size > 0x1FFFFFFE00ll) {
         QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Disk image too large"), tr("Disk images cannot be larger than 127 GB."));
         return;
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ void HarddiskDialog::onCreateNewFile() {
             ui->fileField->setFileName(fileName);
         }
     }
+    QFileInfo fi(fileName);
+    fileName = (fi.isRelative() && !fi.filePath().isEmpty()) ? usr_path + fi.filePath() : fi.filePath();
 
     QFile file(fileName);
     if (! file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {