First you may have to 'EnableLargeLBA' for a drive larger than 135GB - see the microsoft article
Then beware of software (e.g. Partition manager V6 ) that won't work with drives larger than 120Gb Then FAT32 in W2K is more capable than the version in other OS's W2K allows larger allocation units - so limit the partition size to 32 GB for compatibility Then DOS - what version, some versions are limited to 512MB partitions FAT 32 limits file sizes to 2GB - that precludes DVD ISO images etc. also there is a limit in partition letters - c->z, and that includes virtual drives, plugin card readers, USB devices, CD/DVD drives, and multiple partitions on any of those devices, such as some of the 'boot' CD/DVD's So - consider setting the current CD/DVD drives to have permanently assigned letters to avoid the software such as Office and Windows update processes that think they know the assigned letter of the CD drive from which they were installed Then - consider do you want this drive to hold a bootable copy of your OS If so, you may want to have set it up with a 256Mb partition for DOS, and leave a large space on it for a 'clean' OS install to hold maintenance programs as well as the image (copy) of your current OS For DOS - make sure the new drive is the only one in the system and install from the diskettes then install the windows 2K OS - that will probably put boot manager files (Boot.ini etc) into the DOS partition if it already exists and is formatted If you want the OS startup stuff in the Windows partition then don't format the DOS partition area Then install the 98, Now re-connect the old drive - as master, or slave according to which drive you want to boot from and copy over the normal 2K image install OS's as updates to that if you wish - Depending on the BIOS you may need to specify exactly which drive to boot from, or even which partition and ensure that the system does re-check which drives on which connection after you swap any connections Me - I've got a XP PRO system setup to look for boot possibilities from the primary master and then primary slave, then secondary master and slave, then CD then floppy The CD/DVD is secondary slave The kids OS is on the internal drive on the secondary master and my OS and recovery facilities are on the drive locked in the cupboard and insertable as master into a caddy attached as primary Backup image is to a spare drive inserted into the second caddy on the primary cable So whatever gets onto the kids system - my system can be used to replace it with a backup image from the spare drive JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:52 AM Subject: Win2k and 200 GB hdd > I have a 200GB drive I want to install in my Win2k system. Can I > use fat32? Would I be able access it from DOS or a Win98 boot > disk? > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
