Can't access new hard drive

[Ivan]

Hi all..

I've recently added a 310gb drive to a windows 2000 server.
Originally I couldn't see more than 128gb of storage, but after
tampering with the registry settings I managed to format the full 310gb
of the hard drive. (298gb, anyway)..


I do have a problem.. I can't seem to access the drive..

I can't see it under my computer.
I can't access it through run -> h:

When I go to computer management -> Disk Management, I can see the hard
drive formatted under drive H, but when I right-click and select 'open'
or 'explore', a pop-up error box says:

The system cannot find the device specified.


When I delete the volume and create a new one, I can only select
'simple' volume.
Does this make a difference.

Is there something I'm not doing?

 

[Stubby]

You probably need to install drivers for it. Boot from the Windows CD
and hit F6 when prompted (very early on!).

 

[Ivan]

You probably need to install drivers for it. Boot from the Windows CD
and hit F6 when prompted (very early on!).

Is that when it gives you the option to install scsi drivers?

 

[Andy]

Hi all..

I've recently added a 310gb drive to a windows 2000 server.
Originally I couldn't see more than 128gb of storage, but after
tampering with the registry settings I managed to format the full 310gb
of the hard drive. (298gb, anyway)..


I do have a problem.. I can't seem to access the drive..

I can't see it under my computer.
I can't access it through run -> h:

When I go to computer management -> Disk Management, I can see the hard
drive formatted under drive H, but when I right-click and select 'open'
or 'explore', a pop-up error box says:

The system cannot find the device specified.


When I delete the volume and create a new one, I can only select
'simple' volume.
Does this make a difference.

Is there something I'm not doing?

Is the disk Basic or Dynamic?

 

[Ivan]

Is the disk Basic or Dynamic?

Not sure what that is.. Where do I check?

 

[Andy]

Not sure what that is.. Where do I check?

Disk Management.

 

[Ivan]

Is the disk Basic or Dynamic?

Disk 1 is basic. That's where the OS is installed..
Disk 2 is dynamic, which is the one I'm having trouble with.

 

[Ivan]

Is the disk Basic or Dynamic?

It's Dynamic.

 

[Andy]

It's Dynamic.

Convert it to Basic.

 

[Ivan]

Convert it to Basic.

How do I do that?

 

[Andy]

How do I do that?

Right click where it says Dynamic. There should be a context menu to
convert back to Basic.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Right click where it says Dynamic. There should be a context menu to
convert back to Basic.

No. As far as Windows is concerned, this conversion is a one-way
process. There are two ways to go from a dynamic to a basic disk:
a) By repartitioning and reformatting (which involves a total loss of all
data)
b) By using a commercial product, e.g. from
http://www.partition-manager.com/corporate/

 

[Ivan]

Thank you to all who helped me get by this issue..
I got the drive formatted and working fine as a basic disk..

Thanks for your time and patience to all who helped..