[AccessD] Using a 160mb hard disk

Are you using NTFS or FAT?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "AccessD" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:39 PM
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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