160gb in win2k

DarkEdge · 07-06-2002, 03:49 AM

Whats the maximum size win2k will pick up with hard drives? I want to raid my new seagates and there 180gig a piece. My raid controller picks it up as 160gb but my disc utillity from the segate site only picks it up as 137gb and I forget what win2k said the maximum was.

Any work arounds? Suggestions?

iceheart · 07-06-2002, 09:29 AM

I heard Seagate's suck for RAID, might be that. Can't say I would personally use a seagate for anything tho.

DarkEdge · 07-06-2002, 12:32 PM

I had two seagate barracuda III's and they were fast in my last raid setup. My 4's are slightly faster but a great deal more quiet.

nuclear · 07-09-2002, 02:46 PM

depends on the formating procedure you take.
if you format using fat32, theorically the file system can be as big as 2 terabytes and on ntfs, i think it's more than 2 terabytes.
so you could be able to create a single partition filling the entire 180g hd.

07-06-2002, 03:49 AM	#1
DarkEdge Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sugar Land, Tx Posts: 176	160gb in win2k Whats the maximum size win2k will pick up with hard drives? I want to raid my new seagates and there 180gig a piece. My raid controller picks it up as 160gb but my disc utillity from the segate site only picks it up as 137gb and I forget what win2k said the maximum was. Any work arounds? Suggestions?

07-06-2002, 09:29 AM	#2
iceheart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Yonder Posts: 318	I heard Seagate's suck for RAID, might be that. Can't say I would personally use a seagate for anything tho. __________________ "If the majority is smarter than you, does that make everyone else a geek, or does it make you retarded?" - pHaestus

07-06-2002, 12:32 PM	#3
DarkEdge Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sugar Land, Tx Posts: 176	I had two seagate barracuda III's and they were fast in my last raid setup. My 4's are slightly faster but a great deal more quiet.

07-09-2002, 02:46 PM	#4
nuclear Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Quebec Posts: 46	depends on the formating procedure you take. if you format using fat32, theorically the file system can be as big as 2 terabytes and on ntfs, i think it's more than 2 terabytes. so you could be able to create a single partition filling the entire 180g hd.

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