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More info?)
thank you, I am working through NT network admin by MS
press and my 120 day server version.
WHAT A PAIN to use IE 2 or NT 4 (no service pack) until I
used another machine to downlode sp 4 (an then sp6)
and then IE 5.r5 now I can compete in the real world.
LOL
I will be posting more questions on this newsgroup, thanks
for being there.
eddacker
>-----Original Message-----
>To do a clean install, either boot the Windows NT install
CD-Rom or setup
>disks. When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS
and or other
>partitions found. After you delete the partition(s) abort
the install, then
>again restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to
avoid unexpected
>drive letter assignments with your new install.
>
>Depending on your drive's geometry Windows NT supports a
system partition
>(the first primary active partition and where the files
required to start
>the OS reside (boot sector)) limited to 7.8gB NTFS or 4gB
Fat16, while the
>boot partition (where the OS is installed) is not limited
in size. You wont
>be able to create a system partition greater than 4gB with
Windows NT Setup;
>if you need a system partition 4gB - 7.8 gB, you'll need
to use Partition
>Magic or use another NT machine to create the first
primary active
>partition. The system and boot partition can be the same
partition.
>
>If you created one large system/ boot partition > 7.8 gB
and installed the
>OS, it may work, but the problem is if you defragment the
drive or service
>pack the install and the files ntdetect.com, ntldr,
boot.ini, and
>ntbootdd.sys end up being relocated to a point beyond the
7.8 gB barrier,
>then the bootstrap process wont be able to find them and
the OS wont start.
>
>Once the OS is installed you can use Disk Administrator to
partition and
>format the rest of your drive. You'll need atapi.sys from
SP4 or later for
>Windows NT to be able to recognize a drive larger than ~ 8
gB. See the first
>article for the link and instructions.
>
>Installing Windows NT on a Large IDE Hard Disk
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q197667
>
>Windows NT 4.0 Supports Maximum of 7.8-GB System Partition
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q224526
>
>Boot Partition Created During Setup Limited to 4 Gigabytes
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q119497
>
>Windows NT Partitioning Rules During Setup
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q138364
>
>Possibly this one may apply.
>
>Cannot Create Partition Greater than 1 GB during NT setup
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q137/4/74.asp
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"Tracy" wrote:
>| Help! I have a Gateway PC which had Windows NT 4.0
>| installed on it originally. I wiped the harddrive to do a
>| clean install of Windows XP on this machine. It would not
>| allow me to install the Windows XP so I tried to reinstall
>| NT 4.0 to do an upgrade to XP but now I get a message when
>| trying to install NT 4.0 back on the machine that the
>| Setup cannot format the partition, and that I should
>| select a smaller partition to install the NT 4.0. But
>| there is no partition, the harddrive was wiped clean.
>| Help.
>
>
>.
>
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