W2K seeing 128GB when even BIOS see 160GB?

[petreza]

Hi,

A strange problem - I upgraded my BIOS and now it sees my 160GB Maxtors as 160GB (163GB to be precise). But in Windows 2000 they show as 128GB - I am trying to span them using dynamic disks.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

PS Could it be that the system drive is an old 6GB Quantum?

 

[petreza]

And when I format the spanned disks with FAT32 it tells me that the volume is too big. I had to format it with NTFS in order for it to work.

 

[CrazyP]

its a known problem with windows. search in google for "enable LBA 48 in windows xp", problem is, to have your 160GB drive during install, I believe you need sp1 on the xp install. if so, just slipstream it, there are plenty of guides to do that on the internet also.

 

[petreza]

its a known problem with windows. search in google for "enable LBA 48 in windows xp", problem is, to have your 160GB drive during install, I believe you need sp1 on the xp install. if so, just slipstream it, there are plenty of guides to do that on the internet also.

I use Windows 2000 with SP2. What is slipstream?

 

[CrazyP]

then you need sp3 I think. slipstreaming is the process of making a copy of your windows install disk on the hadrive, and once its on the hardrive, you add in all the updates to it, then your burn it on a CD, I did it with my XP disk and nero burning rom.

 

[SpoonMaN]

yeah windows 2K cant format a drive larger then 32gb in fat32
i tried to format my 40gb drive in fat32 before i found this out and it didnt work at all as it gave me the same error that it gave u
so yes u do have to use NTFS to format such a large drive

 

[pik4chu]

yep, 32Gig is limit for FAT32 partition (2 gigs for FAT16)

and I would NOT, I repeat NOT use dynamic disks. if for some reason you have a problem with your windows install and it becomes corrupted or you have to reinstall.. all data on dynamic volumes are (for the most part) lost forever. Thank you M$ for that one.

then you need sp3 I think. slipstreaming is the process of making a copy of your windows install disk on the hadrive, and once its on the hardrive, you add in all the updates to it, then your burn it on a CD, I did it with my XP disk and nero burning rom.

Whats the point? I have Win2K SP3 and it recognizes my 120 gigs and 200gigs with no problem.

 

[PYROMANIAC]

yep, 32Gig is limit for FAT32 partition (2 gigs for FAT16)

and I would NOT, I repeat NOT use dynamic disks. if for some reason you have a problem with your windows install and it becomes corrupted or you have to reinstall.. all data on dynamic volumes are (for the most part) lost forever. Thank you M$ for that one.

if 32gb is the max for fat32 then how come i have a 52gb fat32 partition? also about dynamic volumes, the data isnt lost if you have to re-install your os, just the only thing that can access the dynamic volumes are w2k/wxp