NTFS Partition limit

[darkkavenger]

Hello,

I am currently setting up new computers that have been delivered to us with SATA harddisks ranging from 160 to 320 Gb, and I had the displeasant surprise to see that I cannot format the disk at its full capacity. The installer limits itself to 128 Gb and once the system is installed, I've got no way to resize the partition to the full extent of the disk. Do you know any alternative that would avoid me to uninstall each harddisk and mount it & format it onto a running windows XP SP2 machine ?

That would really save me a lot of time.

Thanks in advance, and best regards,

Max

Edited November 20, 2006 by darkkavenger

[jaclaz]

Though personally I prefer drives multipartitioned, expecially with so large disks, wouldn't using a BartPE CD before install the easiest thing?

jaclaz

[Andromeda43]

Windows XP/SP2 and any mobo that hosts a SATA drive, won't have that 138 gig limitation.

If you don't have SP2, get it.

You might also check to make sure your mobo is up to date with the latest Bios.

I recently set up my new 200 gig hard drive with my own Windows ME boot disk.

It FDISK'd and Formatted the new drive right out to its maximum usable size. NO Problemo!

If you're hitting that 138 gig wall, something's just not up to date.

It's fixable.

Good Luck,

B)

[jftuga]

Download BootIt NG

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

Burn image to a CD-ROM and boot from it.

When it starts up and asks you if you want to install, choose Cancel.

At the next menu, choose Partition Work.

From here, you can now non-destructively repartition your disk.

-John

[darkkavenger]

thank you for the replies. I'm using Windows XP business multilingual edition [non SP2], I wonder if I can streamline the current installation with SP2 /

Edited November 21, 2006 by darkkavenger

[bledd]

use autostreamer if you dont want to put SP2 on the disc manually

http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_a...ostreamer.shtml

then after you'll have an ISO file, use imgburn to burn the image

Edited November 21, 2006 by bledd

[darkkavenger]

thanks for the suggestion, heading there