Microsoft KB Archive/253900

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Cannot Create Partition Greater Than 1 GB During NT Setup

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Q253900

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51, 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install Windows NT on a computer with some SCSI controllers, using two or more drives containing free space, Windows NT does not allow creation of partition sizes larger than 1 gigabyte (GB).

CAUSE
The text mode setup restricts Partition0 on the first disk to 1024 cylinders - if there are no partitions, partition0 is the free space on the drive, so the drive appears in the listing limited to 1024 cylinders non- translated.

RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, if you create a partition during setup, reboot and delete it, the samecheck is not performed again, so the size of the partition (Partition0) is added onto the free disk space and you can make a partition that spans the whole drive up to 4GB or 1024 cylinders worth of data which ever is less.

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Using MS-DOS, create a partition using FDISK. During NT Setup, delete the partition created with MS-DOS. This will allow Windows NT Setup to create a system partition larger than 1 GB, but limited 4 GB or 1024 cylinders worth of data which ever is less.

MORE INFORMATION
For more information on compatible hardware for Windows 2000, consult the Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). This is a compilation of computers and computer hardware that have been extensively tested with Windows NT for stability and compatibility. Microsoft Product Support Services uses the HCL to determine whether or not a computer is supported for use with the Windows NT operating system. The latest HCL is available from the following Microsoft Web site:

"http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp" NOTE: To obtain the text file of the Windows 2000 HCL, click the following Microsoft FTP site:

"ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/whql/win2000hcl.txt"

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.51, and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbsetup KBW2KHOME

Issue type : kbprb

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