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How to Partition and format external, USB HDD under W2K

Jun 30, 2006 10:00AM PDT

Hi,

I have an old Thinkpad T-21 running Windows 2000 Pro and 20GB HDD, that works okay.

Recently, I bought an external USB HDD (Seagate 250GB + Ultra USB Case). Using Windows 2K Disc Management, I partitioned this into 2 partitions of 30GB & 220 GB (approx), both FAT-32. I could format the 30 but not the 220GB partition. I tried to change the file system to NTFS for the 220GB and format again but unable to do so.

Could someone advise me how I might solve this ? I would like some advise on Logical and Extended Partitions. I dont intend to dual-boot the OS or any thing fancy. I just would like to use IBM's Rescue and Recovery to save a back-up to the 30GB partition and use the 220 GB for storing all my data files.

TIA,

Cheers,
MPM

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Such size drives were supported in a POST SP3 patch.
Jun 30, 2006 11:16AM PDT

I don't see what patch level your machine is at or if you enabled large LBA support. http://www.48bitlba.com writes about both.

Bob

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what a shame
Jul 2, 2006 11:13PM PDT

actually in such situations, i do entrust my problem to special softwares. That is,
in ur case, disk manager software.
I'd recommend u Disk Director by Acronis.
it's cheaper then other ones and even is more functional. try it.
and 1 more thing most softwares have money-back guarantee, so u don't lose anything.
anyway,it's up to u.

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Trust it but what good will it do?
Jul 2, 2006 11:29PM PDT

Without the large drive patch plus the enable large LBA registry setting (noted at http://www.48bitlba.com ) you'll still have problems.

Bob