John Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Sep 20 08:34:57 CDT 2003
Yes, but did you add them to an existing system or try and install Win2K to 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 Jim Lawrence (AccessD) Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 12:19 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Using a 160mb hard disk Hi John: Windows2000 can handle drive much larger that that without issue. There must be some other situation that is stopping you??? What type of mother board do you have? What type of built in controller does it have? A year ago I added a couple of 160 GB drives to my Windows2000 box and there were no problems. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 6:39 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