Install disk larger than 137GB?

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I am trying to install W2K Professional on new HDD bigger than 137GB. MSDN
says to update with SP4 - but how must I update to SP4 if I can't even
install from CD (pre-SP4)?
 
Thanx, I read it before. But how do I install SP4 if Win2K-Pre-SP4 is not
even installed yet?
 
Create a bootable Windows 2000 with SP4 integrated.
http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2000_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm

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<I am trying to install W2K Professional on new HDD bigger than 137GB. MSDN
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You can use a SP4-slipstreamed Windows 2000 CD, but if you expect the
setup program to see more than 131,000 MB, you will be disappointed.
 
So how do I get the setup program to recognise > 137GB?
Click to expand...

With Windows 2000, you can't. If you insist on only one partition on
the drive, you can prepare the drive using other means (e.g.,
temporarily connect the drive as a slave, and use Disk Management to
partition and format) as long as the drive isn't too large (< 250GB).
Then install using the existing file system. The setup program will
see only 131,000 MB, but it should install Windows 2000 all right.
 
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