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puzo
Junior Member
Israel
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 Posted - 19 May 2005 : 18:58:09
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Hi everyone,
Iv'e installed a new 200gb harddrive on my server.
However, it says that it's only 127gb, can anyone tell me how to override this limit?
Iv'e read on microsoft.com but it doesn't tell you how to override the limit, it just tells you about it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
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Posted - 19 May 2005 : 19:13:00
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| Did you run the latest fdisk.exe on it before formatting and pick the setting for large partitions? |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Podge
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Ireland
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-gary
Development Team Member
406 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2005 : 23:06:47
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| BIOS' from just a few years ago were only able to address 127GB. Check for an update from either the PC vendor or the MB manufacturer. |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 20 May 2005 : 01:05:46
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-gary probably hit the nail on the head, it's more than likely a BIOS issue. If so the drive vendor may have provided a BIOS extension you can install on the drive, which might be adequate if you're adding an additional drive to the server. I would not want my boot drive to use a bios extender.
You didn't mention what version OS you're running. You should make sure the OS is fully up-to-date.
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puzo
Junior Member
Israel
417 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2005 : 13:43:45
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I am using Windows 2003 Server Standard.
The motherbaord is from Intel's 2005 series, i am sure the bios is up-to-date.
Maybe i should use Windows update or will a partition program such as the Acronis one will do the job?
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Posted - 20 May 2005 : 17:23:46
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| I have a 160 GB drive. Last July I bought a new computer with a up to date motherboard. When I tried to format the drive I got only 120 GB or similar (can't remember the exact figure). I solved the problem by using the Acronis Disk Director(yes, I also use it as well as Acronis True Image for backups!). So, yes, I believe the Acronis program or other partition manager will do the job. |
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HuwR
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Posted - 23 May 2005 : 16:20:39
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| If I'm not mistaken, this is a registry issue, try searching on google or MSDN, you need to add a registry setting called enableBigLBA or something like that |
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