Re: Windows 2000 hard disk problem


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Try posting in public.win2000.general.


"Fred Pickering" <fred.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry for this off topic but I have really tried Google and can't find a
reference.

Problem I have replaced the D drive from the original 40Gb NTFS (died) to
320Gb NTFS.

BIOS recognises it but Windows 2000 wants to format it and if I say yes
it
thinks it's a floppy disk!!

Does Windows 2000 have a size limitation? and would I overcome it by
setting
it up in x? partitions ( 2 or 3)

I formatted the new drive in my workhouse XP machine and it checked out
fine.

I would update this wretched machine to XP but my client has some unique
hardware that just won't run under XP

Any help most appreciated

Fred Pickering

Many thanks - I finally found a reference on a Registry edit - I have
talked my client in accepting a 120Gb replacement until such time he will
update to XP by which time Vista will probably be out of date!!! Why people
want to hang on to outdated hardware is beyond me, that doesn't work all
that well anyway (a very old Pinnacle mpeg capture card that is sheer toxic
to XP)


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