Max disk size for Win2k Server OS

HW_HackHW_Hack North of Kalifornia
edited December 2007 in Science & Tech
After some googling and a search here - I'm surprised I can't get the low down on this.

We have a Win2k server at our school -- I dropped in a 320GB IDE disk in -- the BIOS indicates the presence of a 320GB drive (this is a HP workstation vintage 2004) -- but Win2k shows only about 131GB .... a size that does show up in some searches.

Now I do have two 250GB drives in this system running in a RAID 1 config off of a PCI RAID controller card
so at this point it seems like I need some type of PCI IDE controller card to use this disk. The primary use of the 320GB is to do system back-ups to.

Thanks for your help :)

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    what service pack?
  • HW_HackHW_Hack North of Kalifornia
    edited December 2007
    primesuspect wrote:
    what service pack?

    DOH !

    Good question - I'll have to check next week.

    Dumb question ---- I do have a MS Win2K service Pak 4 CDROM ... so is that disk relevant for both Win2k clients and servers ?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Yes, Service Pack 4 is the latest. You're definitely going to want to start there, because I think that alone will fix your problem. And yes, SP4 applies to both server and professional.

    What you're looking for is called BigLBA. Even Windows XP pre-SP1 had a 128gb limit on single volume size.

    There is a reg fix if you already have SP4 and it's still not working:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters] "EnableBigLba"=dword:00000001
    Anyways, though - if I remember correctly, SP3 or SP4 fixed this.
  • HW_HackHW_Hack North of Kalifornia
    edited December 2007
    Thanks PrimeSuspect !!! Big help in getting this solved quickly :D
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    No problem :) Hang around! We always appreciate new members
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited December 2007
    But remember! When modifying a partition that has data on it, Always defrag it before changing it!
  • HW_HackHW_Hack North of Kalifornia
    edited December 2007
    primesuspect wrote:
    Yes, Service Pack 4 is the latest. You're definitely going to want to start there, because I think that alone will fix your problem. And yes, SP4 applies to both server and professional.

    What you're looking for is called BigLBA. Even Windows XP pre-SP1 had a 128gb limit on single volume size.

    There is a reg fix if you already have SP4 and it's still not working:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters] "EnableBigLba"=dword:00000001
    Anyways, though - if I remember correctly, SP3 or SP4 fixed this.

    Yep I had installed Service Pk4 - but had to edit the Registry. Again thanks for offering so complete a response including the registry input.

    The server should do a scheduled backup tonight ... one less thing on my plate. You guys - gals rock.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Anything to make a fellow IT slave's life a little easier :p
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