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**HAL9000** · 07-21-2000, 07:53 PM

NT is only going to let you set your first partition at 4Gb. Do the install, install the service pack, then use disk admin to partition the rest. What I usually do is make a primary partition roughly 20% of the total drive space and install ONLY NT to that drive. All other programs go on to D.

NTFS is a more "secure" file system that FAT, but NT4 will not read FAT32 partitions.

Win2000 will read FAT32 and can partiton larger than 4Gb drives with NTFS.

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07-21-2000, 07:53 PM	#3
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	NT is only going to let you set your first partition at 4Gb. Do the install, install the service pack, then use disk admin to partition the rest. What I usually do is make a primary partition roughly 20% of the total drive space and install ONLY NT to that drive. All other programs go on to D. NTFS is a more "secure" file system that FAT, but NT4 will not read FAT32 partitions. Win2000 will read FAT32 and can partiton larger than 4Gb drives with NTFS. ------------------ If it ain't broke, you're not pushing hard enough!