Large drive support in Server 2003

I know Window 2k Pro and Server and Win XP do not support hard drives
over 137 GB out of the box. MS has articles telling you that they
don't and how to enable it on them. Can't find a thing on that
subject with regard to Server 2003. Does anybody know a) if it does,
or not, and b) if not, whether the method of enabling it is the same
on 03 as on the rest of them?

One would think so, but......

Thanks!

Mike

MF

MF wrote:
> I know Window 2k Pro and Server and Win XP do not support hard drives
> over 137 GB out of the box. MS has articles telling you that they
> don't and how to enable it on them. Can't find a thing on that
> subject with regard to Server 2003. Does anybody know a) if it does,
> or not, and b) if not, whether the method of enabling it is the same
> on 03 as on the rest of them?
>
> One would think so, but......
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike

do a search for
48bit LBA

Geoff

Or what seems to be the skinny.
W2K- with SP3 or above (put in SP4)= have to run the drive mfgrs program or
edit the registry HKLM/system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi and put in a
new value EnableBigLba and set it to 0x1.
XP with SP1 - ditto.
2003 Server - just update it. It reports the size of the drive accurately
(always a disappointment) with no mods of the registry and no fiddling
around with the mfgrs large drive update program.

Am just checking DiskManager with the drive laying on the desk. Havent
installed it yet, but it looks like all will be okay after those mods and no
mod necessary for 03 server.
Mike

"MF" <> wrote in message
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> I know Window 2k Pro and Server and Win XP do not support hard drives
> over 137 GB out of the box. MS has articles telling you that they
> don't and how to enable it on them. Can't find a thing on that
> subject with regard to Server 2003. Does anybody know a) if it does,
> or not, and b) if not, whether the method of enabling it is the same
> on 03 as on the rest of them?
>
> One would think so, but......
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
>

MF

Thanks for the tip! But as i hinted but sadly did not specify, this
search yields nothing about 2003.

regards,

Mike
"Geoff" <> wrote in message
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> MF wrote:
> > I know Window 2k Pro and Server and Win XP do not support hard
drives
> > over 137 GB out of the box. MS has articles telling you that they
> > don't and how to enable it on them. Can't find a thing on that
> > subject with regard to Server 2003. Does anybody know a) if it
does,
> > or not, and b) if not, whether the method of enabling it is the
same
> > on 03 as on the rest of them?
> >
> > One would think so, but......
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mike
>
> do a search for
> 48bit LBA
>
>

MF