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8MB NTFS partition

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by techserf

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while installing NT/2000/XP, what is that 8MB partition used for? it doesn't even seem to appear after installation. is this just where the NT boot files live, or is it master file table stuff?

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by rapidad

On most business oriented machines ( Dell, IBM, Compaq, HP) they have a configuration file that sets the hardware environment. sometimes this small partition can be confused by the os as a drive and be set active and then after an install of an OS it just hangs. Even if this file isnt used nowdays when NT and W2K were first used in the business settings they used the irst 8-12 megs as this system file. (like the old ps/2)

by r. a. caluste

if you let windows 2k setup do the partitioning and formatting, you might not be able to use the last few mb of disk space. i suggest you do the partitioning before the install (using fdisk) to reclaim the space.

by clutchmaster

are you using a partitionning utility
like Maxtor's Easy Max because they create a small 8 mb partition for nothing..

you could remove it but 8 megs is nothing in our gigabyte world..

by techserf

no, I'm not using any utility. just a 20GB ide drive, delparted it, then ran 2000 set up. it happens everytime.

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