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by verab

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What is the maximum partition size that can be created when installing NT.

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by rabbit_runner

Are you installing NT4 or Win2K? If you are installing NT4, then here are some things to consider......
1. A default installation will create a partation of 2gig
2. You can change the size to 4gig
(Reason for above - NT installed in a FAT partition and under NT the largest size of a FAT is 4gig. Even if you convert to NTFS, the partition is first made with FAT, then converted to NTFS upon a reboot.

3. To get around this limitation and create a large NTFS primary partition, take the driveyou will be installing, place it in another NT4 computer as a slave drive. Format the partition (any size) in NTFS. Then place the drive back in the original system. When you do the install, the system will see it as an NTFS partition and install to it. A bit of a hassle, but it will allow you to work around the size limit

Best of luck

by shanghai sam

Thank you very much. This clears up a great deal...i was getting conflicting info. from a networking class. It is also very informative.

by nettek

See MSKB articles Q224526 and Q119497 at
support.microsoft.com

They will answer all of your questions.

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