Windows 2000 not supporting 200 gig harddrive with RAID

[Dan]

I recently purchased a Maxtor 200 gig harddrive in hopes
to upgrade my system. I partition the drive into 8
partitions. After setup and downloaded all available
upgrades, i set up my system with a RAID drive. Its a
Maxtor 60 gig setup on striping as that is what my
motherboards supports. After transfering info from my old
drive to my new 200 gig, i get a failure to mount drive,
and lose all my partition from d:\ on. Is there way that
windows will support my situation?

Getting tired of reinstalling,

Dan

 

[Steve Walden [MSFT]]

What is the reason for creating 8 partitions on your 200 GIG drive? There
is really no benefit from doing it that way. Maybe if I understand the way
you are hoping to use this, it might help me better understand the issue.

Also, it is very important that you update your computers BIOS as this does
seem to be a BIOS issue.


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Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

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Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

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[Dan]

I am partitioning my harddrive to keep my items better
organized. I put all my music on one drive and Photo's on
another. I put my windows installation in its own
partition to better seperate files. So if i have to
reinstall i am not formatting my whole harddrive and
losing everything. I can format and reinstall and not
worry about my music and photos.

I had a feeling it might be a bios issue, but isn't it
true that Windows 2k can only see a drive size up to
137gig? Cause my bios has no problem recognizing the
drive and setting it up, just when i hook up my RAID drive
that is loses all info.

Thanks for the reply,

Dan

 

[Steve Walden [MSFT]]

Hi Dan,

First, there was an issue with W2k addressing large disk, but this was
addressed a long time ago in SP 1.

As far as dividing your drive into many driver for better organization,
that is what they make folders for. Really the only division that should,
as a good practice, exist, is that you should divide your drive into 2
partitions, with the OS on one drive, and all your data on another. We even
make special folders just for Photos, and Music. These special folders even
provide some special functionality for the type of content they provide.

So, my advise would be to get the latest service pack, and create only
2 partitions, one for the OS and one for your Data. Then use folders for
your different media types (i.e. Music, photos, videos, etc.). If you try
it this way, you will find it to be a lot more efficient.

Good luck.

Steve Walden, MCSE

Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

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