Guest InOverMyHead Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 I got a new WD 320 GB IDE ATA hdd, but plugging it in as second drive (drive "1") it shows up in Disk Management as "Unallocated" with size = 128 GB. Help! Should I f-disk or format it? And why does the "WELCOME TO THE WRITE SIGNATURE AND UPGRADE WIZARD" screen pop up wanting me to create a 'dynamic disk'? I'd sure like to get it installed as a 320Gb disk if that is possible. Or as partitions that total that size if I must. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Bob
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Max hdd size = 128Gb ?? Help! "InOverMyHead" <bbart@netcom.com> wrote in message news:Db2dnYEVVch5-zvVnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@earthlink.com... >I got a new WD 320 GB IDE ATA hdd, but plugging it in as second drive >(drive > "1") it shows up in Disk Management as "Unallocated" with size = 128 GB. > > Help! Should I f-disk or format it? And why does the "WELCOME TO THE > WRITE > SIGNATURE AND UPGRADE WIZARD" screen pop up wanting me to create a > 'dynamic > disk'? > > I'd sure like to get it installed as a 320Gb disk if that is possible. Or > as > partitions that total that size if I must. > > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > Bob You have to enable large disk support (48-bit LBA): http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098 Do not make this a dynamic disk - you'd regret it.
Guest InOverMyHead Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Max hdd size = 128Gb ?? Help! "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:%23BsSf42$IHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "InOverMyHead" <bbart@netcom.com> wrote in message > news:Db2dnYEVVch5-zvVnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@earthlink.com... > >I got a new WD 320 GB IDE ATA hdd, but plugging it in as second drive > >(drive > > "1") it shows up in Disk Management as "Unallocated" with size = 128 GB. > > > > Help! Should I f-disk or format it? And why does the "WELCOME TO THE > > WRITE > > SIGNATURE AND UPGRADE WIZARD" screen pop up wanting me to create a > > 'dynamic > > disk'? > > > > I'd sure like to get it installed as a 320Gb disk if that is possible. Or > > as > > partitions that total that size if I must. > > > > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Bob > > You have to enable large disk support (48-bit LBA): > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098 > > Do not make this a dynamic disk - you'd regret it. > I added the new key/value, rebooted and no improvement. I checked and I do have ALL W2k critical updates thru SP4. Help! What's next? Bob
Guest Dave Patrick Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Max hdd size = 128Gb ?? Help! During POST check that the onboard disk controller (system BIOS) correctly recognizes the disk size. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "InOverMyHead" wrote: > I added the new key/value, rebooted and no improvement. I checked and I do > have ALL W2k critical updates thru SP4. Help! What's next? > > Bob > >
Guest DL Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Max hdd size = 128Gb ?? Help! Apart from the key, your bios has to support large disks also. Check how the disk is identified in the bios "InOverMyHead" <bbart@netcom.com> wrote in message news:cqidnYy6MYeybTvVnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@earthlink.com... > > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message > news:%23BsSf42$IHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> "InOverMyHead" <bbart@netcom.com> wrote in message >> news:Db2dnYEVVch5-zvVnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@earthlink.com... >> >I got a new WD 320 GB IDE ATA hdd, but plugging it in as second drive >> >(drive >> > "1") it shows up in Disk Management as "Unallocated" with size = 128 >> > GB. >> > >> > Help! Should I f-disk or format it? And why does the "WELCOME TO THE >> > WRITE >> > SIGNATURE AND UPGRADE WIZARD" screen pop up wanting me to create a >> > 'dynamic >> > disk'? >> > >> > I'd sure like to get it installed as a 320Gb disk if that is possible. > Or >> > as >> > partitions that total that size if I must. >> > >> > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Bob >> >> You have to enable large disk support (48-bit LBA): >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098 >> >> Do not make this a dynamic disk - you'd regret it. >> > I added the new key/value, rebooted and no improvement. I checked and I do > have ALL W2k critical updates thru SP4. Help! What's next? > > Bob > >
Guest nesredep egrob Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Re: Max hdd size = 128Gb ?? Help! On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:34:24 -0700, "InOverMyHead" <bbart@netcom.com> wrote: >I got a new WD 320 GB IDE ATA hdd, but plugging it in as second drive (drive >"1") it shows up in Disk Management as "Unallocated" with size = 128 GB. > >Help! Should I f-disk or format it? And why does the "WELCOME TO THE WRITE >SIGNATURE AND UPGRADE WIZARD" screen pop up wanting me to create a 'dynamic >disk'? > >I'd sure like to get it installed as a 320Gb disk if that is possible. Or as >partitions that total that size if I must. > >Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > >Bob > > Start/run/regedit (if unsure export registry for safety) select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE navigate to system/services/atapi/parameters or system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi/parameters right click for new Select Dword name it EnableBigLba (take note of case) set value to 1 end regedit reboot B|rge in sunny Perth, Australia
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