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Windows Server Forum / Windows 2000 / Upgrade / October 2003How to format a 120Gb Hard Disk in Win2K
Would anyone be able to tell me how to get Win 2000 pro to recognise a 120 Gb hdd. I've just upgraded my equipment viz. Mobo, CPU, Video card, RAM and HDD ( Western Digital 120Gb). I've used Data Lifeguard Tools V.11 from WDC and prepared the disk to format at 120Gb but Win2Kpro (without any service paks) can't see the whole disk. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. First & foremost DOES the BIOS of the motherboard recognise the ENTIRE drive size? If not, you might need to FLASH the BIOS on the baordto accommodate the entire size...Get in touch with the manufcturer of the Board & check for any issues regarding recognition of large HDDs...Also if necesary contact the HDD manufcturer & confirm there are NO issues... I strongly suggest you do NOT try creating JUST one partition which is the entire size of the Hard Drive BUT rather partition the drive...Use say 5 to 6 GB of your drive to install 2000. That should NOT be a problem since you will be able to see enough ofthe HARD DRIVE to create at least the BOOT PARTITION (which will host your OS)! Once you've installed your OS, go to the Computer Management Console & create the EXTENDED partition & LOGICAL DRIVES in this extended Partition.... Try this & if problems persist get in touch... Ted > Would anyone be able to tell me how to get Win 2000 pro to > recognise a 120 Gb hdd. I've just upgraded my equipment [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Hi Ted. Thank you for taking the time to respond to my win2k question. In response to your guidance, yes the BIOS does see the whole of the 120Gb hdd (This is a very new mobo Gigabyte 81k1100), and yes under Western Digital Lifeguard Tools Ver 11.0 I have partitioned the disk in to two ie. 40% primary partition and active and 60% Extended partition and logical drive. However during the installation of win2k after reading the 4th setup disk and pressing F8 to agree to the MS license agreement the setup can only see 114471 Gb. Is it at all possible that win2k is unable to recognise a 120Gb hdd just yet? I took the time to download service pack 4 (4hrs) but it does not update the makeboot disks so how do you get win2kpro to format/recognise a new 120Gb disk ?????? I've checked all the faqs in western digital website and microsoft without success. I am loath to phone MS in the event that they will admit that win2k can not be installed on a 120Gb hdd thanks again Tony >-----Original Message----- >First & foremost DOES the BIOS of the motherboard recognise the ENTIRE drive [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >. Drive manufacturers tend to overstate drive capacities for marketing purposes. In that world, 1000 bytes = 1KB. In the real world, 1024 bytes = 1KB. This mis-nomenclature is carried upward into the MB, KB, and TB ranges. I believe if you do the arithmetic you'll discover that the size reported by W2k is based on 1024 bytes = 1KB, while that on the drive box is based on 1000 bytes = 1KB. In other words, there's nothing wrong with your software. > Hi Ted. > [quoted text clipped - 102 lines] >> >>. Hi Dan Firstly thank you for taking the time to respond to my item. I have done as you said and using the following maths came up with the following results 1Kb * 1Kb = 1Mb 1024 * 1024 = 1048576 "WDC HDD 120Gb" as printed in the media 120,000,000 Bytes / 1048576 Bytes = 114,440918 Bytes. My Win2K recognises 114,471Mb. What has happened to the last 30082 Bytes ? More importantly 114Gb is vastly different from 120Gb - why bother ? Why not just advertise 110 Gb and retain your integrity and reputation. Surely a huge reputable company of immense reputation for quality would allow such false advertising ??? Tony >-----Original Message----- >Drive manufacturers tend to overstate drive capacities for marketing [quoted text clipped - 116 lines] > >. Welcome to the real world...Most (if NOT all) HDD manufacturers do that...your drive is NOT an exception...we all have to live ith that...next time if you realy need at least 120GB remember the calculations... > Hi Dan > [quoted text clipped - 159 lines] > > > >. Tony, Is this a SATA HD??? You might have to install the controller first. >-----Original Message----- >Welcome to the real world...Most (if NOT all) HDD manufacturers do [quoted text clipped - 166 lines] > >. You're welcome for that first response. But, Tony, we don't have all day to hold your hand while you attempt to fine-tune a radish. Jeez. > Hi Dan > [quoted text clipped - 195 lines] >> >>. First, make sure your bios version is current enough to recognise the larger 120 hardrive. To do this you must record the bios version and manufacturers nubmer upon starting the computer. Use the pause key to still the screen; to write the information down. Take/contact the manufacturer of your bios for an update; if they have one. If they do have an update -do it. Then... Make sure your bios is setup to "Auto" detect your newly installed hardrive. If everything is right the drive will be detected properly! One last thing, make sure you read instructions for formatting the hardrive... NTFS, or Fat, Fat32 ,etc! Hope this helps! Good luck on your upgrade! >-----Original Message----- >Would anyone be able to tell me how to get Win 2000 pro to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >. I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately this is a new mobo Gigabyte 81K110......awesome. The BIOS has no problem with the disk and can see the whole 120Gb. Tony >-----Original Message----- >First, make sure your bios version is current enough to [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >. how about taking a trip to western digital website? some special drives are, perhaps, too special for win2000 pro to recognize. >-----Original Message----- >Would anyone be able to tell me how to get Win 2000 pro to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >. |
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