NT Server HD limitation

Well, if you boot off the NT cd, you can do a 8.4GB partition. That is a limitation of the hard disk block reader that came with NT4.
What you can do is install NT4 with the 8.4GB drive, upgrade to Service Pack 6a (and you will then get the updated driver that will read larger drive sizes), then get and run Partiton Magic. That is the best option.

The 4 GB limitation is only when installing NT. One workaround is to install NT to a different drive, slave the new drive in to the system and partition and format it as you want, then remove the first drive and reinstall NT. Of course, if you already have a system with NT installed, you can just slave the new drive in to it.

In my opinion 4Gb are sufficient for a system partition with basic server functions. For others necessities you can use the rest of space on HDD. When you finish installing the OS and the newest SP you can make additional partitions as you wish. Youdon?t need a utility like (in my opinion- don?t use this or others the same utility on a server).

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