[AccessD] Using a 160mb hard disk

You could try ghosting the 40GB drive, then laying the gost image on the
160gb.  Once you have the OS on the drive, you can use the built in disk
management features to partition the other 80GB, or (I believe) add them
to the original partition.


Greg K. Hazzard
http://www.aelfen.net
"You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough. " -- Frank
Sinatra



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Colby
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:39 PM
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] Using a 160mb hard disk



The hard disk on my server (a 40gb maxtor) was filled up, so I bought a
160gb drive for $120 at Newegg.  It seems that Windows 2K cannot use any
disk larger than 135gb until SP3.  Which begs the question, how do you
install Win2K base on a disk it can't use correctly?

I tried a simple install, and it tries to do a format but fails saying
the disk is corrupted.  I'm now trying to use the original server system
updated to SP3 to format the disk, but even assuming that I manage that,
It seems unlikely that I will persuade the Win2K setup disk to recognize
the existing / formatted partition given that the setup disk is not at
SP3.

Is there any way to install Windows on a second drive while already
running Windows?  Is there any way around this or do I simply have to
live with booting up with the 40g drive and using the 160 g drive as
pure storage once I get SP3 installed and the registry hack done?

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com


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