OT: Windows 2000 hard disk problem

[Fred Pickering]

Sorry for this off topic but I have really tried Google and can't find a
reference.

Problem I have replaced the D drive from the original 40Gb NTFS (died) to
320Gb NTFS.

BIOS recognises it but Windows 2000 wants to format it and if I say yes it
thinks it's a floppy disk!!

Does Windows 2000 have a size limitation? and would I overcome it by setting
it up in x? partitions ( 2 or 3)

I formatted the new drive in my workhouse XP machine and it checked out
fine.

I would update this wretched machine to XP but my client has some unique
hardware that just won't run under XP

Any help most appreciated

Fred Pickering

 

[Guest]

Yes w2000 has a limit of 120Gig unless you alter the registry to allow for a
larger size HD, it's called enable LBA in windows 2000, I don't have the
exact registry entry that needs to be altered, I'm sure someone does, or do
another search for it

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Try posting in public.win2000.general.

 

[Fred Pickering]

Try posting in public.win2000.general.

Many thanks - I finally found a reference on a Registry edit - I have
talked my client in accepting a 120Gb replacement until such time he will
update to XP by which time Vista will probably be out of date!!! Why people
want to hang on to outdated hardware is beyond me, that doesn't work all
that well anyway (a very old Pinnacle mpeg capture card that is sheer toxic
to XP)

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Many thanks - I finally found a reference on a Registry edit - I have
talked my client in accepting a 120Gb replacement until such time he will
update to XP by which time Vista will probably be out of date!!! Why people
want to hang on to outdated hardware is beyond me, that doesn't work all
that well anyway (a very old Pinnacle mpeg capture card that is sheer toxic
to XP)

Win2000 is a fine operating system. While WinXP has a few
nice extras, it is basically much the same as Win2000. If you
take the time to look then you can easily persuade Win2000
to accept disks larger than 128 GBytes. It's an FAQ in the
Win2000 newsgroups.

 

[Fred Pickering]

Win2000 is a fine operating system. While WinXP has a few
nice extras, it is basically much the same as Win2000. If you
take the time to look then you can easily persuade Win2000
to accept disks larger than 128 GBytes. It's an FAQ in the
Win2000 newsgroups.

Thanks have just done so.