Missing GB's!

Computer Forum Storage Devices
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Hi all:

Okay, I can see that there are many issues regarding missing GB’s. Therefore here is mine: I’m in the process of installing Windows Server 2000 on a Maxtor 250GB, however Win Server is only recognising 130GB! Now, I was just wondering, will the missing GB’s be available once SP4 is on? Currently I can only partition the available space shown (130GB).

Any advice much appreciated.

Oliver :ohah:

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Well, Windows uses the proper designation of 1GB, which is 1024MB. Hard drive manufacturers use 1000MB as a 1GB. (250x1000) / 1024=244MB, before formatting. You’ll likely gain about 100GB more than what you have currently.

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Okay, that’s a 100GB after format and install of SP4 is it?

Thanks

Oliver

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Yes, one you install SP4 you should see the lost HDD space.

5

Thanks for that!

Oliver :wink:

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oops, resolved too soon! Okay I have SP4 installed and I have entered disk management, and it is still only showing 130GB, what do I need to do from here to get the full or there in 250GB?

Thanks

Oliver

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In your Disk Management, right hand side bottom. Can you see any unallocated space? If yes, right click on it and click intialise and then format it.

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does it not show as unused space?

Does it show up as 250GB in the BIOS? Also try this 48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000

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Okay, there is no unallocated space in disk management, however the BIOS is showing 250GB! Therefore I’ll attempt the REGEDIT that Microsoft recommends and see if that resolves the issue!

Thanks

Oliver

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Okay, I have edited REGEDIT with the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters
On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:

Value name: EnableBigLba
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 0x1

However this has all proved to be unsuccessful as the disk management will still only show 130GB!

Any further suggestions?

Thanks

Oliver

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It looks stupid but still confirming, Are you sure that your computer is displaying 130GB as a total space not the free space out of total space?

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Hi,

Yes, full capacity is shown at 130GB! I wonder if there is restrictions r.e. Windows Server 2000 and large capacity HD?

Hopefully there is a solution, otherwise it seems an awful waste of space!

Thanks

Oliver