Win2000 sees wrong hard drive size.

[Guest]

I just built a new computer with a 160GB hard drive. When I try to install
Win2000 and go to Disk Management it shows that my drive is only 128GB.
During startup the BIOS recognizes the drive correctly. Did I miss something
in my set up? I'm using a bootable CD version of Win2000 Professional.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Even if you slipstream SP4 into your install Windows 2000 won't see the
entire drive till after the install and the registry hack.

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.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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|I just built a new computer with a 160GB hard drive. When I try to install
| Win2000 and go to Disk Management it shows that my drive is only 128GB.
| During startup the BIOS recognizes the drive correctly. Did I miss
something
| in my set up? I'm using a bootable CD version of Win2000 Professional.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Dave!
So go ahead and install the OS then Service pack 4 (or is there a #5?) then
hack the regisrty? OK, then what's the hack?

 

[Dave Patrick]

See the article.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks Dave!
| So go ahead and install the OS then Service pack 4 (or is there a #5?)
then
| hack the regisrty? OK, then what's the hack?