W2k PRO & 160GB HD

[David]

Help! I have a W2k Pro SP1 disc, and upgraded to SP4 via
download. I attempted to use the disk mfgr software to
image copy from my old 20gb drive to a new 160gb drive,
which went horribly wrong. Bottom line I'm back to doing
a fresh install to my 160gb drive, and W2k sp1 can't
handle >137gb.

My question is, can I install W2k SP1 safely to the 137gb
it can handle? Is there any way to claim the remaining
23gb after upgrading to SP4? Whatever I do will have to
be in rebuild mode as at this point I have no functional
OS.

Thanks for any help you can provide . . .

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

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


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
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:
| Help! I have a W2k Pro SP1 disc, and upgraded to SP4 via
| download. I attempted to use the disk mfgr software to
| image copy from my old 20gb drive to a new 160gb drive,
| which went horribly wrong. Bottom line I'm back to doing
| a fresh install to my 160gb drive, and W2k sp1 can't
| handle >137gb.
|
| My question is, can I install W2k SP1 safely to the 137gb
| it can handle? Is there any way to claim the remaining
| 23gb after upgrading to SP4? Whatever I do will have to
| be in rebuild mode as at this point I have no functional
| OS.
|
| Thanks for any help you can provide . . .