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peav007

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windows2000 and formatting?
« on: February 27, 2007, 02:31:59 PM »
hi all.
just a quick query. i have a hitachi pata 160 gb hard drive but when i formatted the drive in windows setup it only gives me 131 gb. does windows 2000 have a hard drive limitation within the formatting programme. as im losing around 30 gb


cheers john ::)
« Last Edit: February 27, 2007, 03:35:53 PM by peav007 »
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Re: windows2000 and formatting?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2007, 02:40:10 PM »
Well, you need to have Windows 2000 sp4 or higher for the software restriction to be waived.
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Re: windows2000 and formatting?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2007, 03:34:58 PM »
thanks for the info. ill use my xp disk to reformat the machine or i could put the drive into my xp machine and do it that way



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