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western digital 250 gigabyte hard drive partitions
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 7:02 pm
Posted by varn
(4 messages posted)
I have a western digital hard drive 250 gigabytes windows 2000 installed I wanted
to know if it is possable to make this drive 1 partition I cannot install windows
unless I limit the drive to 137 gigabytes now that it is installed I have 128 gigabytes
for c:\ and 104.89 gigabytes unallocated any help would be apreaciated Thank you
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re: western digital 250 gigabyte hard drive partitions
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 7:38 pm
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
varn
Goto WD web site and download a small program that will enable the HD over 160gb.
If you need a link repost and I will post it.
OR you can just partition the drive in 3 parts
the best way,that way if you want to install XP,Linux,etc you have a spot for it.BUT
do format it in the fat32 when you install win2k, you can always move it up to NTFS
with a one line command if you want to.
OR
The easy way ,download winME boot disk
from bootdisk.com
The winME boot disk will see any HD over 62gb. and let you format it up to 2 T.B.
Have a good one
On Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 7:02 pm, varn wrote:
>I have a western digital hard drive 250 gigabytes windows 2000 installed I wanted
>to know if it is possable to make this drive 1 partition I cannot install windows
>unless I limit the drive to 137 gigabytes now that it is installed I have 128 gigabytes
>for c:\ and 104.89 gigabytes unallocated any help would be apreaciated Thank you
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re: western digital 250 gigabyte hard drive partitions
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 8:10 pm
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
Just a note about fat32 and T.B. (terabytes)
Newer version of the FAT file system, based on 32-bit integers.
The file system is able to handle partitions of 2 TB (terabytes) size and uses the
storage capacity more efficiently than FAT16.
Definitions of terabytes
A terabyte is a unit of measurement in computers.
Because of irregularities in definition and usage of the kilobyte, the exact number
of bytes in a terabyte in common practice could be either of the following values:#
1,000,000,000,000 bytes - 1012.
This definition is used in most contexts relating to disk storage, networking, or
other hardware.# 1,099,511,627,776 bytes - 10244 or 240.
This is 1024 times a gigabyte (a binary gigabyte).
On Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 7:38 pm, DEX wrote:
>varn
>Goto WD web site and download a small program that will enable the HD over 160gb.
>
>If you need a link repost and I will post it.
>
>OR you can just partition the drive in 3 parts
>the best way,that way if you want to install XP,Linux,etc you have a spot for it.BUT
>do format it in the fat32 when you install win2k, you can always move it up to NTFS
>with a one line command if you want to.
>OR
>The easy way ,download winME boot disk
>from bootdisk.com
>The winME boot disk will see any HD over 62gb. and let you format it up to 2 T.B.
>
>Have a good one
>
>
>
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re: western digital 250 gigabyte hard drive partitions
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 4:43 pm
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/grid_alp.php
On Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 8:10 pm, DEX wrote:
>Just a note about fat32 and T.B. (terabytes)
>
>Newer version of the FAT file system, based on 32-bit integers.
>The file system is able to handle partitions of 2 TB (terabytes) size and uses the
>storage capacity more efficiently than FAT16.
>
>Definitions of terabytes
>
>A terabyte is a unit of measurement in computers.
>Because of irregularities in definition and usage of the kilobyte, the exact number
>of bytes in a terabyte in common practice could be either of the following values:#
>1,000,000,000,000 bytes - 1012.
>This definition is used in most contexts relating to disk storage, networking, or
>other hardware.# 1,099,511,627,776 bytes - 10244 or 240.
>This is 1024 times a gigabyte (a binary gigabyte).
>
>
>
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re: western digital 250 gigabyte hard drive partitions
Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 11:14 am
Posted by varn
(4 messages posted)
Thank you, all is well now.
On Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 7:38 pm, DEX wrote:
>varn
>Goto WD web site and download a small program that will enable the HD over 160gb.
>
>If you need a link repost and I will post it.
>
>OR you can just partition the drive in 3 parts
>the best way,that way if you want to install XP,Linux,etc you have a spot for it.BUT
>do format it in the fat32 when you install win2k, you can always move it up to NTFS
>with a one line command if you want to.
>OR
>The easy way ,download winME boot disk
>from bootdisk.com
>The winME boot disk will see any HD over 62gb. and let you format it up to 2 T.B.
>
>Have a good one
>
>
>
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re: western digital 250 gigabyte hard drive partitions
Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 1:10 pm
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
You're Welcome Varn
I have a ? for you
Whitch way did you go ?
On Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 11:14 am, varn wrote:
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>Thank you, all is well now.
>
>
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