Guest SpaceMarine Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 hello, i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM: http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD321KJ.asp (http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw) ....i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re- install windows on it. the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive, both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation. i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08). any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not even sure how id setup the other disks. if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply. thanks, sm
Guest Sid Elbow Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Re: 320gb SATA drive - W2K shows only 128gb Try this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098 SpaceMarine wrote: > hello, > > i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM: > > http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD321KJ.asp > (http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw) > > ...i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the > bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re- > install windows on it. > > the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive, > both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation. > i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08). > > any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never > owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or > something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted > Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not > even sure how id setup the other disks. > > if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply. > > > thanks, > sm >
Guest John John Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Re: 320gb SATA drive - W2K shows only 128gb Install Service Pack 4 and enable big lba in the registry: 48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098 John SpaceMarine wrote: > hello, > > i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM: > > http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD321KJ.asp > (http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw) > > ...i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the > bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re- > install windows on it. > > the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive, > both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation. > i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08). > > any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never > owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or > something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted > Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not > even sure how id setup the other disks. > > if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply. > > > thanks, > sm >
Guest David Webb Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Re: 320gb SATA drive - W2K shows only 128gb The system probably just needs a registry tweak. See this article for details: 48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;305098 "SpaceMarine" <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote in message news:1183915669.379188.125550@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > hello, > > i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM: > > http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD321KJ.asp > (http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw) > > ...i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the > bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re- > install windows on it. > > the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive, > both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation. > i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08). > > any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never > owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or > something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted > Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not > even sure how id setup the other disks. > > if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply. > > > thanks, > sm >
Guest SpaceMarine Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Re: 320gb SATA drive - W2K shows only 128gb On Jul 8, 12:41 pm, Sid Elbow <mevagis...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098 yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt do this. ah, windows. thanks sm
Guest nesredep egrob Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Re: 320gb SATA drive - W2K shows only 128gb On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:27:49 -0700, SpaceMarine <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote: >hello, > >i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM: > >http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointTSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinPointTSeries_HD321KJ.asp >(http://tinyurl.com/38s8bw) > >...i installed it in a dell optiplex GX280, which according to the >bios sees it as a 320gb drive. then i used the w2k install cd to re- >install windows on it. > >the problem -- windows 2000 server is only seeing it as a 128gb drive, >both in the win installer and in "Disk Management" post-installation. >i installed SP4 and the latest bios for the dell (A08). > >any ideas on why it wouldnt be showing up at full capacity? ive never >owned a SATA drive before, so maybe theres some size limitation or >something im missing, dunno. it does say "Up to 167GB Formatted >Capacity per Disk" on the above spec page. if thats the case im not >even sure how id setup the other disks. > >if ive missed any critical information i would be happy to supply. > > >thanks, >sm For next time: 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 Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
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