John Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Sep 20 08:34:12 CDT 2003
The motherboard recognizes the drive as 160gb, and is (AFAICT) can properly handle the drive. John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Barry G.Herring Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:44 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] Using a 160mb hard disk You will need to install a controller card to be able to handle it. Barry -----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 _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com