Article ID: 271644
Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q271644
SYMPTOMS
If you install Windows 2000 from a CD-ROM to a 20-gigabyte (GB) hard disk that uses the FAT32 file system, the installation succeeds. However, when you attempt to convert the file system to the NTFS file system by using the convert c: /fs:ntfs command, the conversion may not succeed. Even though the hard disk has several GB of free space you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
The logical block address (LBA) is not calculated correctly for certain large Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) drives.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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8/8/00 6:55p 5.0.2195.2103 85,168 Atapi.sys
4/27/00 5:05 5.0.2195.2073 4,432 Intelide.sys
4/27/00 5:05 5.0.2195.2073 3,088 Pciide.sys
4/27/00 5:05 5.0.2195.2073 21,936 Pciidex.sys
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB271644
