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  1. November 22nd, 2006, 11:00 PM #1
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    320 GB Hard Drive with Windows 2000 , will only format as 128 GB

    hi team.........i just got a 320 GB HDD.........i can format it maximum to 128 GB in Windows 2000.....is this a limitation of Windows 2000 ?.......should i upgrade to Windows XP to fix this ?

    btw ....the motherboard Bios picks the HDD up as 320 GB........so no limit with the MB.

    any help is great

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  2. November 22nd, 2006, 11:37 PM #2
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    http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q305098


    you don't have 48bit lba enabled. the drive should have come with software to do this
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  3. November 23rd, 2006, 12:55 AM #3
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    hi markduren2458.........i installed WinXP and it now formats as 298GB.....which is sweet..........thanx for your help man.

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    To do it in win2000 ya need SP4, as far as i know
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