Microsoft KB Archive/293281

= Unpartitioned Space Remains When Creating a Partition During Setup =

Article ID: 293281

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q293281





SUMMARY
During Windows Setup, if you create a new drive and choose to use all of the available space, there is still a small amount of approximately 8 megabytes (MB) of unpartitioned space.



MORE INFORMATION
There is always 8 MB of unpartitioned space so that you can retain the ability to convert the drive to a dynamic volume.

If you have already partitioned the drive from the following operating systems, the empty drive is hidden:

MS-DOS

Microsoft Windows 95

Microsoft Windows 98

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Microsoft Windows 2000

Keywords: kbinfo kbsetup KB293281

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