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
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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