Re: Win2000 "C" Drive only 2.0 GB - How do I increase it?

I stand to be corrected but even if the installation disk is SP3 or better I still don't think that the disk will be properly seen during the text-mode portion of the setup, the text-mode portion cannot properly see or use the disk if it is larger than about 137GB. This is not the same with XP SP1 which can do 48-bit LBA without the registry hack, Windows 2000 absolutely needs the hack and it isn't in the setupreg.hiv on the installation CD.

John

DL wrote:
Either start from scratch, or use a third party tool, eg Acronis Disk Director
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304868

You need only a single partition, but see this in relation to the size of your hd, I suspect your version / installation cd for win2k is pre sp2 and as such doesnt have large disk support
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098


"Jim-R" <Jim-R@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:11112AE8-E092-4EFE-8407-08877B153422@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Recent install of Win2000 set tiny 2 GB "C" drive & I cannot do updates &
download programs. It setup D: drive as 126 GB. (Both are NTFS).

How can I greatly enlarge the "C" drive recognized capacity?

Do I need partitions?

How can I use all of the 200 GB SeaGate hard drive?

Thank you, Jim




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