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Windows 2000 Server on Hyper-V 127 GB Limit
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I've recently converted a physical Windows 2000 server to Hyper-V, only to find that I am limited to 127 GB VHDs.  That is, I can make a 500 GB VHD but when I attach it Windows 2000 Server sees it as 127 GB.

I have tried:
- Using fixed disks instead of dynamicly expanding
- Enabling 48 bit LBA support (allowed me to add 500 GB disk but it was immediatly unusable)
- Creating 3 127 GB VHDs and making a software RAID in Windows (terrible performance)
- Adding a vSCSI adapter and vSCSI disk (OS won't recognize; yes, I have integration services installed, it just says miniport not supported in device manager).
- Adding a physical disk instead of a virtual one (no leftover hard drives available in the server, and a partition won't work apparantly)

There has GOT to be something I can do to add a disk that is larger than 127 GB for data storage.  Anyone??

Thanks,
Matt

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As you will note in my original post, I already enabled big LBA in the registry.  It allowed me to attach large VHDs, but they instantly became corrupted.  SP4 is already in place.
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I've selected my own comment as the solution because the steps listed above resolved the issue.

Regards,
Matt
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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.