hello,

i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM:

http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...es_HD321KJ.asp
(http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw)

....i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the
bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re-
install windows on it.

the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive,
both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation.
i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08).

any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never
owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or
something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted
Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not
even sure how id setup the other disks.

if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply.


thanks,
sm

Try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;305098



SpaceMarine wrote:
> hello,
>
> i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM:
>
> http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...es_HD321KJ.asp
> (http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw)
>
> ...i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the
> bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re-
> install windows on it.
>
> the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive,
> both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation.
> i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08).
>
> any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never
> owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or
> something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted
> Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not
> even sure how id setup the other disks.
>
> if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply.
>
>
> thanks,
> sm
>

Install Service Pack 4 and enable big lba in the registry:

48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098

John

SpaceMarine wrote:

> hello,
>
> i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM:
>
> http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...es_HD321KJ.asp
> (http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw)
>
> ...i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the
> bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re-
> install windows on it.
>
> the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive,
> both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation.
> i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08).
>
> any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never
> owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or
> something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted
> Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not
> even sure how id setup the other disks.
>
> if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply.
>
>
> thanks,
> sm
>

The system probably just needs a registry tweak. See this article for details:

48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;305098

"SpaceMarine" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> hello,
>
> i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM:
>
>
http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...es_HD321KJ.asp
> (http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw)
>
> ...i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the
> bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re-
> install windows on it.
>
> the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive,
> both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation.
> i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08).
>
> any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never
> owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or
> something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted
> Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not
> even sure how id setup the other disks.
>
> if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply.
>
>
> thanks,
> sm
>

On Jul 8, 12:41 pm, Sid Elbow <mevagis...@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;305098

yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt do this. ah,
windows.


thanks
sm