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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 1018850" data-attributes="member: 325666"><p>So ..</p><p>I still haven't sorted even a dual boot Win2000 / XPpro drive yet ..and I think this is because of the issue above ..</p><p>Drive size ..??</p><p>I'm trying again ..but this time not pre assigning drive space and partitions etc ...using a seperate PC ..</p><p>Remember ..I wa trying to use drives larger than 130gb ..</p><p>I dont believe Win2000 can recognise them ? ...and certainly not for what they are ?</p><p>This time I'm allowing Win2000 setup to create the partition and format it in NTFS ...</p><p>I have a 320gb IDE attached ..but Win 2000 thinks the maximum drive size is only 131gb ?</p><p>So ..I tried making a partition of 100gb ..</p><p>no way is this possible even though it clearly states maximum partition size is 137gb ..</p><p>So this time I went as close as I could ..</p><p>it will allow 99000mb ..</p><p>99gb ...</p><p>BUT if I try and enter 100000mb ...the curse simply doesnt move past the last Zero ...</p><p>so the partition would be 10000 ..</p><p>10gb ??</p><p>I find this odd on account Win2000 is the basis for XP ....and they clearly state a max partition size or 137000 ...which is only achievable if I allow Win2000 to use the whole drive ...which in this case is 320 gb ..</p><p>They have built in this hardware restriction during setup ..</p><p>I read that service pack 4 fixes this ..drive limititation ...but chicken and egg ..</p><p>The OS has to go in in order to install SP4 ...and SP4 has to be in to allow larger hard drives..</p><p>Most confusing ..</p><p>..and again this may not work ..on account the drive is seen as much smaller than it actually is ..????????</p><p>bag o shyte ...</p><p>A good OS crippled by idiots imo..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 1018850, member: 325666"] So .. I still haven't sorted even a dual boot Win2000 / XPpro drive yet ..and I think this is because of the issue above .. Drive size ..?? I'm trying again ..but this time not pre assigning drive space and partitions etc ...using a seperate PC .. Remember ..I wa trying to use drives larger than 130gb .. I dont believe Win2000 can recognise them ? ...and certainly not for what they are ? This time I'm allowing Win2000 setup to create the partition and format it in NTFS ... I have a 320gb IDE attached ..but Win 2000 thinks the maximum drive size is only 131gb ? So ..I tried making a partition of 100gb .. no way is this possible even though it clearly states maximum partition size is 137gb .. So this time I went as close as I could .. it will allow 99000mb .. 99gb ... BUT if I try and enter 100000mb ...the curse simply doesnt move past the last Zero ... so the partition would be 10000 .. 10gb ?? I find this odd on account Win2000 is the basis for XP ....and they clearly state a max partition size or 137000 ...which is only achievable if I allow Win2000 to use the whole drive ...which in this case is 320 gb .. They have built in this hardware restriction during setup .. I read that service pack 4 fixes this ..drive limititation ...but chicken and egg .. The OS has to go in in order to install SP4 ...and SP4 has to be in to allow larger hard drives.. Most confusing .. ..and again this may not work ..on account the drive is seen as much smaller than it actually is ..???????? bag o shyte ... A good OS crippled by idiots imo.. [/QUOTE]
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