WINDOWS NT 4 INSTALL

[protechpc]

When it comes to NT I am THE novice. I have a 10GB HD trying to install NT4. When I go through the process, it will not let me partition the drive in anything greater than 2047MB partitions. What's up with that? Why can't I partition the full 10GB? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[cyberhh]

NT 4.0 only supports FAT16 and NTFS in it's native form. Your boot partition should be a FAT16 partition in case of a crash it is easy to recover, however FAT16 has a 2gb size limit so use NTFS for all your other partitions. Use FDISK and delete any additional FAT partitions, go into NT and use Disk Manager to create a new partition, select NTFS as the partition type and create a partition of up to 3 TB. Have fun. BTW there is a module that will allow NT4.0 read FAT32 partitions, I have no experience with this and as such cannot reccommend it, I would use NTFS, it is native to NT 4.0, has K-2 security when accessed from NT workstation and is reliable.

Let me know if this works for you.

[Gabriel]

As to fat16 in NT, DON'T!
as to partition larger than 6Gb also don't!
(MS-Admits Certain HDD's has problems with large size partition)]
also you lose speed (Large indexes, Many transactions).
Less Sure - Imagine you make a 9Gb partition and it falls - you lose 9Gb of data...

[gotbyk]

There is a method that can be used to make large partitions with WinNT using a file form one of the service packs. Microsoft I believe says that it is reliable up to 8 gigs. I will try to find the instructions and post them later today.

[Student^2]

The easiest way to install on a large HD is to destroy all partitions, and then let NT make / format one for installation. As for large disk support, make SURE you have Service Pack 6a ready to install first, and you should have no problems. Just install it, use Disk Admin to set up your partitions, and be done.
As for the FAT16 question, using NTFS is the best way to go, but be aware that DOS/Win9X is not capable of seeing such partitions. Having a utility such as Partition Magic is very handy when learning NT.

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[gotbyk]

• Download ATAPI.SYS from Microsoft
  FTP.MICROSOFT.COM/BUSSYS/WINNT/WINNT-UNSUP-ED/FIXES/NT40/ATAPI/ATAPI.EXE
  Execute ATAPI.EXE and copy the ATAPI.SYS file to a diskette.
• During the installation, when asked for additional devices, add the large drive by specifying the new device from the ATAPI.SYS diskette.

Maybe this will allow you to do what you want?

[protechpc]

Thanks for all the input. After loading SP3 I was able to configure the HD to full capacity. Of course, after downloading the service pack, my CDR was not working properly, so I ended up transfering the files via laplink to another system and using that burner. The biggest problem was the stupid video card. Stealth AGP slot, but it would simply not work. Installed an ATI and it worked like a charm. Wut a pain in the butt.

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