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Formatting external hard drive with Win2k

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Anonymous
August 28, 2005 9:39:19 PM

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When I try to format a 300GB external hard drive with Win2k Pro (SP4),
formatting fails. I get an error message stating that the drive is too big
(this happens whether I access the format command from the File menu or from
Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management in the Control Panel.) How
should I proceed to format this drive?

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Anonymous
August 28, 2005 11:46:16 PM

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Are you trying to format the drive as FAT32 or NTFS?

"Carlo in Umbria" <Carlo in Umbria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:5507923B-AD26-4B2E-8544-C84DAC715D12@microsoft.com...
> When I try to format a 300GB external hard drive with Win2k Pro (SP4),
> formatting fails. I get an error message stating that the drive is too
> big
> (this happens whether I access the format command from the File menu or
> from
> Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management in the Control Panel.) How
> should I proceed to format this drive?
Anonymous
August 29, 2005 12:54:25 AM

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Sorry, I should have said . . . FAT32. Grazie!

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

> Are you trying to format the drive as FAT32 or NTFS?
>
> "Carlo in Umbria" <Carlo in Umbria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:5507923B-AD26-4B2E-8544-C84DAC715D12@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to format a 300GB external hard drive with Win2k Pro (SP4),
> > formatting fails. I get an error message stating that the drive is too
> > big
> > (this happens whether I access the format command from the File menu or
> > from
> > Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management in the Control Panel.) How
> > should I proceed to format this drive?
>
>
>
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Anonymous
August 29, 2005 12:56:07 AM

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Sorry. I should have stated that. As FAT32.

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

> Are you trying to format the drive as FAT32 or NTFS?
>
> "Carlo in Umbria" <Carlo in Umbria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:5507923B-AD26-4B2E-8544-C84DAC715D12@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to format a 300GB external hard drive with Win2k Pro (SP4),
> > formatting fails. I get an error message stating that the drive is too
> > big
> > (this happens whether I access the format command from the File menu or
> > from
> > Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management in the Control Panel.) How
> > should I proceed to format this drive?
>
>
>
Anonymous
August 29, 2005 2:17:58 AM

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=?Utf-8?B?Q2FybG8gaW4gVW1icmlh?=
<CarloinUmbria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:57DAF4F1-5617-4471-BDF4-6A9DD644395C@microsoft.com:

>> "Carlo in Umbria" <Carlo in Umbria@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote in message
>> news:5507923B-AD26-4B2E-8544-C84DAC715D12@microsoft.com...
>>> When I try to format a 300GB external hard drive with Win2k Pro
>>> (SP4), formatting fails. I get an error message stating that
>>> the drive is too big (this happens whether I access the format
>>> command from the File menu or from Computer
>>> Management/Storage/Disk Management in the Control Panel.) How
>>> should I proceed to format this drive?

>> Are you trying to format the drive as FAT32 or NTFS?
>>

> Sorry, I should have said . . . FAT32. Grazie!
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
>

You may be bumping up against the 137 GB Limit. Check out this
article by Seagate:

<http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/tp/137gb.pdf&gt;

HTH,
John
Anonymous
August 29, 2005 5:48:25 PM

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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:39:19 -0700, Carlo in Umbria <Carlo in
Umbria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When I try to format a 300GB external hard drive with Win2k Pro (SP4),
>formatting fails. I get an error message stating that the drive is too big
>(this happens whether I access the format command from the File menu or from
>Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management in the Control Panel.) How
>should I proceed to format this drive?

Try this:

Start/run/regedit
select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
navigate to system/services/atapi/parameters or
system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi/parameters
right click for new
Select Dword name it EnableBigLba (take note of case)
set value to 1
end regedit
reboot

Borge
Anonymous
August 29, 2005 6:15:20 PM

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Please see Knowledge Base article 184006 Limitations of FAT32 File System
(http://support.microsoft.com/?id=184006) for a discussion of this
limitation.

Kevin McNiel, MCSE/MCSA
Platform Server Setup Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please reply to the Group only, This address cannot receive incoming
messages.


"John Wunderlich" <jwunderlich@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96C0E2D78761Fwunderpsdrscraytheon@216.196.97.142...
> =?Utf-8?B?Q2FybG8gaW4gVW1icmlh?=
> <CarloinUmbria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:57DAF4F1-5617-4471-BDF4-6A9DD644395C@microsoft.com:
>
>>> "Carlo in Umbria" <Carlo in Umbria@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>> wrote in message
>>> news:5507923B-AD26-4B2E-8544-C84DAC715D12@microsoft.com...
>>>> When I try to format a 300GB external hard drive with Win2k Pro
>>>> (SP4), formatting fails. I get an error message stating that
>>>> the drive is too big (this happens whether I access the format
>>>> command from the File menu or from Computer
>>>> Management/Storage/Disk Management in the Control Panel.) How
>>>> should I proceed to format this drive?
>
>>> Are you trying to format the drive as FAT32 or NTFS?
>>>
>
>> Sorry, I should have said . . . FAT32. Grazie!
>>
>> "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
>>
>
> You may be bumping up against the 137 GB Limit. Check out this
> article by Seagate:
>
> <http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/tp/137gb.pdf&gt;
>
> HTH,
> John
!