"Jan-Peter Rühmann" <JPRuehm***@web.de> wrote in message
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> Alex schrieb:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've just bought my new 160GB SATA disk from Maxtor. I've just plugged
it in
> > and done a quick format. However, when I boot into Win2k, though the OS
is
> > now able to see the disk, the OS reports its size 30GB less.
> >
> > My BIOS has no problem about its size and I've downloaded and run a tool
> > from maxtor which they claim it's for the OS to recognize the correct
size.
> > So, what have I done wrong?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Alex
>
> Hello.
>
> you must first set the "EnableBigLBA" Parameter in the Registry.
>
> You can use the following Tool for that.
>
> http://www.48bitlba.com/enablebiglbatool.htm
>
> Till then,
> Jan-Peter

"Alex" wrote:
| Hi all,
|
| I've just bought my new 160GB SATA disk from Maxtor. I've just plugged it
in
| and done a quick format. However, when I boot into Win2k, though the OS is
| now able to see the disk, the OS reports its size 30GB less.
|
| My BIOS has no problem about its size and I've downloaded and run a tool
| from maxtor which they claim it's for the OS to recognize the correct
size.
| So, what have I done wrong?
|
| TIA,
| Alex
|
|

"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message news:O9vkQUSMFHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> After the install you can apply the reghack in this article.
>
> 48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305098
>
> --
> Regards,
>
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>
> "Alex" wrote:
> | Hi all,
> |
> | I've just bought my new 160GB SATA disk from Maxtor. I've just plugged it
> in
> | and done a quick format. However, when I boot into Win2k, though the OS is
> | now able to see the disk, the OS reports its size 30GB less.
> |
> | My BIOS has no problem about its size and I've downloaded and run a tool
> | from maxtor which they claim it's for the OS to recognize the correct
> size.
> | So, what have I done wrong?
> |
> | TIA,
> | Alex
> |
> |
>
>