[AccessD] Using a 160mb hard disk

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:44:26 -0500, Barry G.Herring <Herringb at Charter.net> 
wrote:

> 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
>

Hi John!
I have read that you need to partition disks bigger than 120Gb in order to 
OS manages it properly. What about two 80Gb partitions???
HTH,
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