Re: Large Hard drive support
From: Andy (1_at_2.3)
Date: 01/18/05
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 04:07:54 GMT
If the Windows Server 2003 setup program shows past 131,000MB on the
160GB drive, then it supports large drives. After installation, run
Disk Management, and if it shows all of the 160GB drive, you're all
set.
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:03:18 -0500, Evan Morgoch
<elmorgoc@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>This is actually for Windows Server 2003, but I don't see a 2003 forums to
>post this in.
>
>I'm doing a fresh OS install onto my computer, which has two HDs in it, a
>120GB drive and a 160GB drive, from WD and Maxtor respectively. The system
>use to have Windows 2000 with SP4 on it. Whenever I'd do a fresh install
>of 2000, I'd install SP 4, followed immediately by using Max blast III to
>enable the large drive support. This worked all well and good.
>
>Well, now that I'm trying to use 2003, Max blast is refusing to install
>(and subsequently enable large drive support). My bit of research has told
>me that 48-bit LBA is possible under 2003, but I'm unable to figure out if
>this is enabled by default or not. I'm concered that if I start to use the
>160 GB drive now I'll lose all that data that I have saved on it (which
>I've had happen once before and was not happy with)
>
>Is there anything that I need to do first, or am I good to go?
>Evan
>
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