Microsoft KB Archive/290705

= Setup Hangs When Installing to 4-GB FAT16 Partition =

Article ID: 290705

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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This article was previously published under Q290705



SYMPTOMS
When you set up Microsoft Windows 2000 Server by running Winnt.exe while booted from a MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows boot floppy disk, Setup stops responding (&quot;hangs&quot;) with the CPU operating at 100 % during the file copy process. If you manually restart the computer after this occurs, Setup completes as usual.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if you are installing to a FAT16 partition larger than 2 gigabytes (GB) in size. Although you can create FAT16 partitions larger than 2 GB by using third-party utilities, MS-DOS and Windows do not support FAT16 partitions larger than 2 GB.



Method 1
 Create a FAT16 partition no larger than 2 GB. Add the following lines to the [Unattended] section of the Unattend.txt setup answer file:

FileSystem = ConvertNTFSExtendOemPartition =

where  is the number of megabytes that you want to extend the partition.



Method 2

 * 1) Create a FAT32 partition no larger than 32 GB.
 * 2) Start up from a Windows 95 OSR2 or later boot disk and run Winnt.exe.

Additional query words: GDISK AEFDISK FREE FDISK

Keywords: kbprb KB290705

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