200 GB == 131070 MB???

[bladephoenix]

I have just gotten my new rig, and am trying to install W2K on here. The rig contains a WD SE 200 GB, and even says it is a 200 GB drive in the POST data and BIOS. However, when the W2K installation disk asks me to create a new partiton it lists "Unpartitioned Space: 131070 MB". There are no other partitions and it is a brand new drive.

I know that HD capacities are always lower than the advertised size, due to the translation of Base 10 and Base 16, but I have never seen it become that much lower before. My old drive, a WD 80 GB, had 76000 MB on it, not that much different. With 200 GB == 131070 MB, that's like less than 65%!

Am I missing something here? Or does 200 GB drives really amount to 131070 MB?

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

search for "enable 48 bit LBA" in google or here. Then use "diskpart.exe" to extend the size of the partition to the rest of the gb that you get back.

 

[JEDIYoda]

you are missing something in your bios set up.....

also when I loaded win2k it asked me about the size of my harddrives and gave me an option so it would recognize them...

Good Luck!!

 

[jimbob200521]

no, somethings wrong there. 250 comes up as 233, so you should be getting quite a bit more space. give what Fullmetal Chocobo said a try

it may also be something with win 2000's hard drive support or your mobo, but i really doubt either

 

[bladephoenix]

Ok I will give that a try. I am running a DFI NF4-D Ultra, which is a pretty good board, so I assumed would, by default, be able to handle LBA without any tweaking in the BIOS.

Does anyone have the NF4-D Ultra? Is there anything else I should be aware of with this board?

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Here you go. Standard 36-bit LBA has a maximum 137gb hard drive space that can be addressed. By enabling 48-bit LBA, it allows much larger drives to be allocated.

 

[cryptonomicon]

Nice.

 

[bladephoenix]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Here you go. Standard 36-bit LBA has a maximum 137gb hard drive space that can be addressed. By enabling 48-bit LBA, it allows much larger drives to be allocated.

Thanks! :thumbsup:

 

[Allio]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Here you go. Standard 36-bit LBA has a maximum 137gb hard drive space that can be addressed. By enabling 48-bit LBA, it allows much larger drives to be allocated.

Be warned that this is a total hack meant for testing purposes and will probably corrupt your hard drive - last time I tried it, two partitions fell apart after about a week. Shouldn't there be a service pack you can install to enable support like there is with XP?

Edit: vv Alright. Why is anyone still using 2k anyway? 😛 For those using XP, heed my words.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: Allio

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Here you go. Standard 36-bit LBA has a maximum 137gb hard drive space that can be addressed. By enabling 48-bit LBA, it allows much larger drives to be allocated.

Be warned that this is a total hack meant for testing purposes and will probably corrupt your hard drive - last time I tried it, two partitions fell apart after about a week. Shouldn't there be a service pack you can install to enable support like there is with XP?

Directly quoted from the Microsoft website:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q305098

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3. Important* Although support for 48-bit LBA is included in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and later, it is still necessary to create the registry change that is described in the "Resolution" section of this article.