Getting partition too big on W2K re-install (NTFS)

[Guest Bill Stock]

A few weeks ago W2K hosed itself on my backup PC. I was able to get into the

disk from a boot CD, but I could not get the disk to boot or W2K setup to

see the installation.

 

I pulled the drive this weekend and recovered the setup files I wanted to my

XP machine. I also recreated and formatted the partitions I wanted in XP and

put the files back on those partitions. W2K still cannot see the

installation (disk unformatted or damaged), so I killed the boot partition

and tried to recreate it in W2K, but I'm getting partition too big. The

partition I'm trying to create is 8 GB and is NTFS. Disk is set to Auto in

the BIOS (always was), so it should not be a size recognition issue. I'll

try forcing LBA next.

 

Is the XP formatting causing W2K to choke, is the BIOS hosed or is there a

partition size limitation in early W2K releases?

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Getting partition too big on W2K re-install (NTFS)

 

The XP format should still work (though isn't necessary) Yes, I think your

cmos setup is incorrect. Can you pull the battery for a while then reset to

defaults?

 

 

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"Bill Stock" wrote:

>A few weeks ago W2K hosed itself on my backup PC. I was able to get into

>the disk from a boot CD, but I could not get the disk to boot or W2K setup

>to see the installation.

>

> I pulled the drive this weekend and recovered the setup files I wanted to

> my XP machine. I also recreated and formatted the partitions I wanted in

> XP and put the files back on those partitions. W2K still cannot see the

> installation (disk unformatted or damaged), so I killed the boot partition

> and tried to recreate it in W2K, but I'm getting partition too big. The

> partition I'm trying to create is 8 GB and is NTFS. Disk is set to Auto in

> the BIOS (always was), so it should not be a size recognition issue. I'll

> try forcing LBA next.

>

> Is the XP formatting causing W2K to choke, is the BIOS hosed or is there a

> partition size limitation in early W2K releases?

>