Microsoft KB Archive/122224

= Format Limits Stripe Sets to 4 GB =

Article ID: 122224

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q122224



3.10 3.50

WINDOWS

kbother kbbug3.10 kbfix3.50.sp2



SYMPTOMS
When you configure a hard disk drive that is larger than 4 GB as a stripe set, with or without parity and format the disk drive from Disk Administrator or at the Command Prompt, the disk capacity is incorrectly shown as 4 GB.



CAUSE
The FTDISK.SYS driver limits stripe sets to 4 GB.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1 and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt 3.10 fault tolerance

Keywords: KB122224

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