RE: NT4 and TS2K?

["Ron Dawes" <ron@xxxxxxxxx>]

NT won't install on a partition larger than 2 gig.  What I did was to
partition a 2 gig area, install and then use Partition Magic to make it
larger.  Works like a dream.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philippe Lhermie [mailto:philippe.lhermie@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 1:56 PM
> To: Anshien, Joe; Omega List
> Subject: Re: NT4 and TS2K?
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>
> Joe,
>
> First, I want to thank all of those who gave me some ideas: Chris, Ullrich
> and you.
>
> I did this way to create only one 6 Go NTFS partition but
> unfortunately this
> doesn't work with me.
> When I tried to install NT on it :
> I had a message like "Win NT does not recognize this format"
> May be a work around is then to "Repair" by using the 3 setup
> floppy disks.
>
> look at www.ntfaq.com
>
> I'll try other "experiments" next week end.
>
> Regards,
> Philippe
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anshien, Joe <Joe.Anshien@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 3:33 PM
> Subject: RE: NT4 and TS2K?
>
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> I believe you can also take the drive out, put it in another NT box as a
> secondary drive, format the whole thing as NTFS then put it back in the
> original PC and load NT.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Baker [mailto:chrisbak@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 1:43 AM
> To: Omega List
> Cc: Philippe Lhermie
> Subject: Re: NT4 and TS2K?
>
>
> I looked up the problem and if your IDE controller supports "extended
> translation" then your boot and/or system partition can exceed 1024
> cylinders.     These IDE controllers are identified as "enhanced IDE" or
> EIDE controllers and I believe have been standard on all new computers for
> the last few years.   If your IDE controller is not EIDE than you can
> purchase an EIDE controller very cheaply.    Therefore with EIDE you need
> only 1 partition for your entire hard drive, from what I read.
>
> If you want to persist with your current configuration I would
> have allowed
> more space for your C: drive then you did, at least 1 Gig, but otherwise
> your scheme seems OK.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Philippe Lhermie <philippe.lhermie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 10:42 PM
> Subject: NT4 and TS2K?
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'd like to know what you, NT users chose when you installed
> NT4 the first
> > time
> >
> > Did you try to create a primary partition bigger than 4 Go?
> > since there's a 4 Go limitation by the temporary FAT partition
> created and
> > then being tramsformed to a NTFS one, the HDD named C:\  can't be bigger
> > than 4Go
> >
> > First, that what I tried, I created C:\ with a 4 Go partition and I
> > installed Office 2000, Visual Studio 6 + MSDN and TS 2K.
> >
> > But because these softs need a lot of free space, and TS2K with its ever
> > growing data files too, how did you do it?
> > (I need these softs together to use TS plainly)
> > I tried a lot of work arounds to create a bigger than 4 Go
> partition but I
> > didn't succeed.
> >
> > Then I decided to create a 800 Mo partition just for NT
> > and a 5.2Go partition for all the program files.
> > Now, every program are located on D:\, excepted NT which on C:\
> >
> > Do you think this is good?
> >
> > How did you manage that?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Philippe
> >
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