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Recenty, i hav bought 200GB SATA HD for my PC.When i started to
install Win 2000, it shows only 131GB maximum available unformatted
space to patrition. Then i installed that OS on that then also it
shows only 131GB of total space. Then where the remaining 120 GB space
has gone? Can anyone help me?
 
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Jan Nielsen

Jan 1, 1970
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[email protected] skrev:
Recenty, i hav bought 200GB SATA HD for my PC.When i started to
install Win 2000, it shows only 131GB maximum available unformatted
space to patrition. Then i installed that OS on that then also it
shows only 131GB of total space. Then where the remaining 120 GB space
has gone? Can anyone help me?
You probaly need an bios upgrade, also install servicepacks for the
Windows 2000.

From a 200GB you will get around 180-195 useable GB.

Anyway you have found the wrong group, you want one with hardware/edb.


/Jan
 
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Tom Biasi

Jan 1, 1970
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Recenty, i hav bought 200GB SATA HD for my PC.When i started to
install Win 2000, it shows only 131GB maximum available unformatted
space to patrition. Then i installed that OS on that then also it
shows only 131GB of total space. Then where the remaining 120 GB space
has gone? Can anyone help me?
You need to move the jumper settings.
 
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Jon Slaughter

Jan 1, 1970
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Recenty, i hav bought 200GB SATA HD for my PC.When i started to
install Win 2000, it shows only 131GB maximum available unformatted
space to patrition. Then i installed that OS on that then also it
shows only 131GB of total space. Then where the remaining 120 GB space
has gone? Can anyone help me?

131 + 120 = 200?
 
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craigm

Jan 1, 1970
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Recenty, i hav bought 200GB SATA HD for my PC.When i started to
install Win 2000, it shows only 131GB maximum available unformatted
space to patrition. Then i installed that OS on that then also it
shows only 131GB of total space. Then where the remaining 120 GB space
has gone? Can anyone help me?


During installation, when it asks, press F6 and insert a floppy with a SATA
driver that handles 48 bit addressing. The driver comes from the
motherboard manufacturer, or chipset manufacturer.
 
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Aly

Jan 1, 1970
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Recenty, i hav bought 200GB SATA HD for my PC.When i started to
install Win 2000, it shows only 131GB maximum available unformatted
space to patrition. Then i installed that OS on that then also it
shows only 131GB of total space. Then where the remaining 120 GB space
has gone? Can anyone help me?

This is a limitation of your BIOS and/or XP. It is widely documented.
137GB is the magic figure to type into Google.
 
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Andy

Jan 1, 1970
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Recenty, i hav bought 200GB SATA HD for my PC.When i started to
install Win 2000, it shows only 131GB maximum available unformatted
space to patrition. Then i installed that OS on that then also it
shows only 131GB of total space. Then where the remaining 120 GB space
has gone? Can anyone help me?

The problem is the Windows 2000 hard disk driver only implements 28-
bit LBA (2^28 blocks * 512 bytes/block = 131,072 megabytes as shown
during Setup). In order to see the entire disk, Windows 2000 needs
service pack 3 or 4, plus EnableBigLBA = 1 in the registry.
 
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