W2K not seeing all my hard disc!

[Guest]

I've recently fitted a new larger harddisc (200Gb) During the setting up W2K
routine on the disc and now that I have formated the disc I can only see
around 129GB. I have partitioned the disc into 3. Did I do something in the
set-up routine incorrectly?

 

[wayfarrer]

You need the following:

1) Your system's BIOS must be able to support the larger drives.
2) You must have SP3 or SP4 installed
3) You must add or modify a registry setting to enable this support.

See this article for details of registry hack required:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305098

After adding the registry setting you should be able to configure the remaining
disc space using the Disk Manager (Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc).

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

I've recently fitted a new larger harddisc (200Gb) During the setting
up W2K
routine on the disc and now that I have formated the disc I can only
see
around 129GB. I have partitioned the disc into 3. Did I do something
in the
set-up routine incorrectly?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098

Hope that helps?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your quick replys I will attempt to fix.

 

[Guest]

I got to the last entry in the registry edit routine and could not enter the
Value data:0x1
the box would not recognise x but would recognise the numerals, also I did
not know whether it should be set as binary,decimal or hex.

A little more help would be much appreciated.

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

zippy fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

I got to the last entry in the registry edit routine and could not
enter the Value data:0x1
the box would not recognise x but would recognise the numerals, also
I did not know whether it should be set as binary,decimal or hex.

A little more help would be much appreciated.

http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBL/tip5500/rh5591.htm details how to create a
..reg file

I've created it for you, but your free to create your own in Notepad for
example

double click the attached file or one you create and it'll ask if you
want to add it into your registry, answer Yes

That should now, after a reboot, be it apart from creating the
additional space as per the original article at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098

 

[Guest]

Steve - what can I say I'm just an amateur! (But having fun)

Unfortunately for me the link
http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBL/tip5500/rh5591.htm
did not work for me!

So, still a little more help would be much appreciated to get me past the
finishing line!

 

[Guest]

Steve

I've introduced a new problem!
I have updated my bios, downloaded the update from Dell,my PC.
My printer now at reboot comes up with communications test failed.
I have uninstalled the hardware and uninstalled the software and rebooted
the system
and then installed the printer software from scratch but at reboot I still
get the same failure.

HELP!

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

Steve

I've introduced a new problem!
I have updated my bios, downloaded the update from Dell,my PC.
My printer now at reboot comes up with communications test failed.
I have uninstalled the hardware and uninstalled the software and
rebooted
the system
and then installed the printer software from scratch but at reboot I
still
get the same failure.

HELP!

Is it USB or LPT port printer?

Your ports may be disabled in the BIOS maybe?

Why did you upgrade the BIOS?

 

[Guest]

Its a LPT printer. I updated the BIOS as my PC is 4 years old and never been
done and seemed to be a prerequisite for solving my hard disc problem. Did
you read my post before this one; I could not use your link to find out how
to use notepad to edit regedit

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

Its a LPT printer. I updated the BIOS as my PC is 4 years old and
never been
done and seemed to be a prerequisite for solving my hard disc problem.
Did
you read my post before this one; I could not use your link to find
out how
to use notepad to edit regedit

Copied from that link:
"Prior to Service Pack 3, Windows 2000 did NOT support 48-bit Logical
Block Addressing (LBA), as specified in the ATA/ATAPI 6.0 specification.

If you have a 48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS, and a hard disk larger than
137 GB, you can enable 48-bit LBA support:

1. Copy / Paste the following to a LBA48.reg file:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters]
"EnableBigLba"=dword:00000001

2. Merge the LBA48.reg file with your registry or run regedit /s
<path>\LBA48.reg.
NOTE: If you enable 48-bit LBA support on a system that does NOT have a
48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS, and a hard disk larger than 137 GB, you will
experience data corruption."

 

[Guest]

Steve thanks for your help,I've got to the bottom of this and managed via a
Dell community Forum to find out that my chipset is not 48bit compatible so I
now have the option of sorting via getting a controller card. I've managed
to sort out the printer it was as you said when updating the BIOS the ports
setings are left incorrect.

Again many thanks for your help .............. I shall return!

Its a LPT printer. I updated the BIOS as my PC is 4 years old and
never been
done and seemed to be a prerequisite for solving my hard disc problem.
Did
you read my post before this one; I could not use your link to find
out how
to use notepad to edit regedit

Copied from that link:
"Prior to Service Pack 3, Windows 2000 did NOT support 48-bit Logical
Block Addressing (LBA), as specified in the ATA/ATAPI 6.0 specification.

If you have a 48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS, and a hard disk larger than
137 GB, you can enable 48-bit LBA support:

1. Copy / Paste the following to a LBA48.reg file:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters]
"EnableBigLba"=dword:00000001

2. Merge the LBA48.reg file with your registry or run regedit /s
<path>\LBA48.reg.
NOTE: If you enable 48-bit LBA support on a system that does NOT have a
48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS, and a hard disk larger than 137 GB, you will
experience data corruption."



--
Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP


http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

Steve thanks for your help,I've got to the bottom of this and managed
via a
Dell community Forum to find out that my chipset is not 48bit
compatible so I
now have the option of sorting via getting a controller card. I've
managed
to sort out the printer it was as you said when updating the BIOS the
ports
setings are left incorrect.

Again many thanks for your help .............. I shall return!

Great... thanks for the feedback