320gb SATA drive - W2K shows only 128gb

(this is a dupe post from a win2000 group, forgot to include this
group)

hello,

i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM:

http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...es_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

You need to add 48bit LBA support to your Win2K
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098
http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm

SpaceMarine <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote:
> (this is a dupe post from a win2000 group, forgot to include this
> group)
>
> hello,
>
> i recently bought a new samsung 320gb SATA II drive, OEM:
>
> http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...es_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

On Jul 8, 3:31 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
> You need to add 48bit LBA support to your Win2K
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098
> http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm

yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt add this key.
ah, windows.


thanks
sm

SpaceMarine <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote

>> You need to add 48bit LBA support to your Win2K
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098
>> http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm

> yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt add this key.

Yep, but just with 2K.

> ah, windows.

XP and Vista dont have that problem, the key.

On 2007-07-08, Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
> SpaceMarine <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>
>>> You need to add 48bit LBA support to your Win2K
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098
>>> http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm
>
>> yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt add this key.
>
> Yep, but just with 2K.
>
>> ah, windows.
>
> XP and Vista dont have that problem, the key.
>
>

Xp still does....without either sp1 or sp2 on the original xp cdrom......

student <guest@csus_.edu> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> SpaceMarine <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote

>>>> You need to add 48bit LBA support to your Win2K
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098
>>>> http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm

>>> yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt add this key.

>> Yep, but just with 2K.

>>> ah, windows.

>> XP and Vista dont have that problem, the key.

> Xp still does....without either sp1 or sp2 on the original xp cdrom......

'the key' was on the end of that line for a reason.

Rod Speed wrote:

>student <guest@csus_.edu> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>> SpaceMarine <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>
>>>>> You need to add 48bit LBA support to your Win2K
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098
>>>>> http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm
>
>>>> yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt add this key.
>
>>> Yep, but just with 2K.
>
>>>> ah, windows.
>
>>> XP and Vista dont have that problem, the key.
>
>> Xp still does....without either sp1 or sp2 on the original xp cdrom......
>
>'the key' was on the end of that line for a reason.

What was the reason? Certainly, it does not communicate the point
that "student" made...

chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> student <guest@csus_.edu> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> SpaceMarine <spacemarine@mailinator.com> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote

>>>>>> You need to add 48bit LBA support to your Win2K
>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098
>>>>>> http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm

>>>>> yep, that did the job. guess the SP4 install alone didnt add this key.

>>>> Yep, but just with 2K.

>>>>> ah, windows.

>>>> XP and Vista dont have that problem, the key.

>>> Xp still does....without either sp1 or sp2 on the original xp cdrom......

>> 'the key' was on the end of that line for a reason.

> What was the reason?

That you dont have to **** around manually with that key with XP and Vista.

> Certainly, it does not communicate the point that "student" made...

He never had a relevant point.

SpaceMarine's problem was that while he had ensured that SP4 was installed,
he had not changed that key as well, so the 48 bit LBA wasnt actually active.

That problem with both ensuring that the correct SP is installed
AND the key changed doesnt arise with XP and Vista, only with 2K.

On Jul 9, 4:29 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:

> That problem with both ensuring that the correct SP is installed
> AND the key changed doesnt arise with XP and Vista, only with 2K.

ah, windows.