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by samulegu

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Hi
I installed a new 20gb hard drive on my system. When going through the fdisk options a primary partition was created and made active. However the size of this partition is limited to 504 MB.
I have proceeded to install win2000 server, I nowhave two partitions on my system. One with 504MB and the other with 18GB. How can i correct this partition size issues.

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by nschulz

You must have been using an old version of fdisk or there is a limitation on your motherboard. Partition and format the disk with a Windows 98 boot disk that should not happen, then install Win2000. You can convert the file system to NTFS after the install using "convert".

Partition Magic will allow you to resize the partitions on the fly. I have done it many times without problems.

Thanks Norm

by timwalsh

Another option (assuming you are attempting a clean install of Win2K vs. an upgrade from an earlier OS):
During the installation process for Win2K, you will be asked which partition you want to install the OS on. You are also given the option of deleting and/or creating partitions. When given this option, delete all partitions, create a new partition of the desired size (don't worry about the rest of the disk at this point), and choose to install the the OS on this new partition. You will then be given the choice on how you want to format the drive.

by alpha-male

In addition to the info in #1, you may need to update your BIOS. If you are using a very old system, it may not support large drives like the one you installed. If your system is an older model, I'd also think very seriously about getting a new, Ultra IDE controller card to take full advantage of your new drive's performance. They aren't expensive and should speed you up noticeably.

Good Luck!

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