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stephenahayes · 06-05-2001, 05:11 PM

I am loading W2000 onto new system with two 30G HD's IBM deskstar, on w2000 compatible list, they are detected by Bios, but when W2000 pro setup is ready to create partitions, it only shows 2016MB of unpartitioned space for each drive. I have Sys Admin book, etc about disk mgmt to design partitions, but no mention what to do if size does not match, or examples of numbers to expect to see, I tried using Bios to manually enter Cyl, HD, Sect info about the hard drives, save and exit, but next boot with w2000 still does not see more than 2016MB, Is this normal? Can anybody recommend site with better instructions to partition W2000? I tried Msoft site, but found no explanation of troubleshooting, or practical examples with numbers,
that give some direction when unexpected values show up.

06-05-2001, 05:11 PM	#1
stephenahayes Member (3 bit) Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: herndon, va Posts: 7	Win2000 partitioning disk space I am loading W2000 onto new system with two 30G HD's IBM deskstar, on w2000 compatible list, they are detected by Bios, but when W2000 pro setup is ready to create partitions, it only shows 2016MB of unpartitioned space for each drive. I have Sys Admin book, etc about disk mgmt to design partitions, but no mention what to do if size does not match, or examples of numbers to expect to see, I tried using Bios to manually enter Cyl, HD, Sect info about the hard drives, save and exit, but next boot with w2000 still does not see more than 2016MB, Is this normal? Can anybody recommend site with better instructions to partition W2000? I tried Msoft site, but found no explanation of troubleshooting, or practical examples with numbers, that give some direction when unexpected values show up.