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Win2k on SATA - Can't get it to see the full drive...

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Zone: Windows 2000 Operating System

Tags: sata, windows, win2k

Ok.

I'm putting Win2k onto a SATA drive. The MoBo has the latest bios (oct 2006). I used Nlite to slipstream SP4 into the install, along with both the text mode and PNP versions of the SATA drivers. The drive in question is a Maxtor SATAII 320gb drive. The MOBO is SATA1, so the jumper is installed.

I boot the win2k install CD. It detects a "130gb" drive. Now, I know win2k won't install on anything over 130gb. but I figure that I'll be able to resize the partition / reclaim the space with a partition manager. I tell windows to make a 90gb partition, format it NTFS, and away we go. Installation completes. Install ALL the microsoft updates (like 50 gb of them...), video drivers, etc.; and confirm that I have the latest VIA drivers for the mobo. Sata is set up in IDE mode. The MOBO is P4M800PRO-M (V2.0), incase that rings any alarms.

Partition GUI shows 90gb partition, 40gb "unallocated"

I go to partition magic from a boot disk. It sees the partition as 90gb / 202gb unallocated.
I create an extended partition to use the 202gb.

Reboot to windows, it gets 2/3 of the way through the boot, then gives me "inaccessable_boot_device" error.

So, I start over. This time I create the partitions up front from scratch, before installing windows.
I get very odd 'partitions' displayed when I get to that screen in the windows text mode setup.

I've done many iterations / variations of this over the past couple of days... I'm pulling out my last gray hair.
What am I missing?

I really don't want to have to install the OS on an 80gb IDE drive...

	#	Title
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	2	IDE and SATA together
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