320gb SATA drive - W2K shows only 128gb

[Guest SpaceMarine]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

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