Metis 266 w/ 160GB hard disk?

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I bought a Metis 266 to replace a slow NAS I had for file sharing (its capacity was too small and I could gain a printer server with the Metis). Well, I already had the 160 GB Maxtor disk partitioned into 2 parts, one is 4 GB for the OS and the other was the remainder of the disk (about 150 GB). Immediately I discovered all data on the large partition was corrupted (or at least unreadable by the Metis). I reformat and start copy all of my files. All looks good. I then decide to dump the remainder of the files I have (over 120 GB) and wake up to find the machine rebooted and the boot partition now corrupted. I reloaded once again and, well, the boot partition gets corrupted again. :wall: I repartition completely, install, and copy all of my files again. Not surprisingly, there is only 128GB of available space (3GB + 124 GB partitions now set up). I'm using Windows 2000 and disk manager shows no additional unpartitioned space. All of my files copy correctly now, but I lose capacity and only have 7 GB of available. I would like all 160 GB addressable since the only real purpose of this unit is to be a file server. I thought this thing could address 48-bit LBA, but it doesn't mention anything in the manual anywhere. What is strange is that the BIOS reports the 163GB drive correctly. I find this all very strange. Am I stuck with 128 GB? I cannot find any low profile IDE cards out there that will do the job, SIIG has one but it is limited to 128 GB drives. I was planning on later upgrading the Maxtor to an even larger disk, so you can see the 7 GB I have left won't last me long. I can get by for now. Any help on getting around this is appreciated.
 
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what os as xp needs sp 1 and 2000 needs sp 3 or 4 for 48 bit lba

if bios see's it ok i dont think its the board

and metis means nothing at all to me,i assume its an oem pc
 
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I've been playing with this for a couple of days now. I'm so glad I don't have to rely on this barebones pc, but I find this setback frustrating and time consuming. Trying various settings, partition sizes, and drivers have not allowed me to utilize the entire capacity of the drive. Every time I create a combination of partitions to utilize the entire 160GB and I start filling up the capacity, the same thing happens. I reach a certain point during file copy, a reboot is forced, and my boot partition is corrupted. The problem is I cannot pinpoint the exact reason for this. The BIOS reports the correct size, all of the Maxtor utilities are able to verify and test the drive, I partition and format, and begin copying files. Only during this process do things foul up. I've used this drive for a while and it tests good, so I know that is not the problem. Windows 2000 is up to date and shouldn't be a problem either (it works fine with a 250GB disk on my other system). I suspect the implementation for large disk support is flawed in the BIOS or Via drivers somewhere. My next step is to acquire a Highpoint ATA low profile controller card (either their own card or the Adaptec RAID version). I know these cards are available in the format I need and hopefully large disk support is implemented correctly.
 
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