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by m_fo

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I get this message when I am trying to load WinNT 4.0 on a NEC VersaLX. Can anyone shed some light? I am using the 3 floppy method.

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by marence

Sounds like either a dead floppy drive or a dead floppy. Check to see if the floppy can be read by another machine.

by marence

Sounds like either a dead floppy drive or a dead floppy. Check to see if the floppy can be read by another machine.

by magetower

At what point in the installation are you getting this message? It could indicate you need a driver not supplied in the NT4 install.

by awdfg

If the partition on which you are installing is more than 2GB, Win NT 4.0 cannot access that partition,hence you are getting the message.Sometimes you may get the same message even if other partitions are greater than 2GB.My advice is to fdisk your hard disk and at first create only one partition of size less than 2GB and install Win NT 4.0.Then install Service Pack 3 or higher and then using fdisk create the other required partitions which can be of any size.Service Packs 3 and higher support partitions with sizes more than 2GB.

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