Ok my computer crashed recently which led me to rebuild it using Windows 2000 Professional.

Here is my problem:
I have 2 hard drives in the system both 20GB each.
After the rebuild Win2000 only recognizes the second drive as 8GB. What do I need to do to correct this?

TIA

 

You need to repartition that HD. You can use Partition Magic, which is really easy to use. Unless that one 12 gigs has a lot of bad clusters, which you wouldn't want to use anyways.

 

You can do the partitionings within Win2K using disk manager.

 

PM

 

Or that..doh...

 

I tried using disk manager in Win2k but it still says I only have an 8GB drive. I even opened up the system to make sure I wasn't going insane. It says 20GB on both drives but for some reason only the first drive shows up that way.

 

post a picture of disk management and I might be able to help you. Sounds like you have to activate the partition.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by turbo_pwr
[B]I tried using disk manager in Win2k but it still says I only have an 8GB drive.

 

Could also be a BIOS problem. You might want to get your BIOS to redetect the disks...

 

I checked the Bios it lists it as a 20GB, I tried deleting the partition and rebooting still lists it as a 8GB drive. I think I give up at this point before I blow up the system again. Thanks for trying.