8 MB partition created during setup

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Dave - Freedonia

Someone asked this a while ago but I can't find the original post.

When doing a clean install, I deleted all previous partitions and
created a new one. For some reason, XP wants to create an 8 MB parition
instead of allowing me to use it for my partition.

Does anyone know the reasoning behing this and/or how to stop it.

I don't feel like installing partitioning software to merge the space
into my current parition but I will if I have to.

Thanks,
Dave
 
Hi

I haven't come across the 8mbs of files being put into a separate partition - I have only seen the 8mbs appear on the hard disk/partition.

Will

Dave - Freedonia said:
Sorta - sorta not.
If my drive is 4 GB (4000 MB) and I select the partition size to be 4000 MB, XP setup will change this to 3992 MB and put in an 8 MB partition also. After the system is installed and loaded, I now have two drives - one 3992 MB and a second 8 MB (this drive is empty).

I am booting from the XP CD.

Dave

These drive size is only for reference.
Click to expand...
 
Dave,

That 8 meg partition is autocreated to handle dynamic disk information.
When a disk is converted to dynamic in the Disk Management snapin,
information regarding the configuration and any dependencies (e.g. software
RAID) are stored on disk at the end of the drive. This is how a drive can
be moved from one dynamic disk array to another and be recognized as
foreign drive.

Best regards,

Mike Truitt
Microsoft Corporation
 
Hi Mike,
Is therea way to turn it off? I don't use dynamic disks and I hate going
through the process of 'merging' the partition with my other ones.

Dave
 
| Afraid there is no way I know to do this. The behavior is default when
| installing the OS.

Wonder what the reason is for that, Mike? Why make default preparations for
something most people don't use? If anybody is going to be inconvenienced, it
should be the minority!

Larc



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CS said:
Partition Magic can take care of that very easily. Just delete the
8 mb partition and move (expand) the other partition into the deleted
Click to expand...

For 8 meg?????

It's not even worth the bother.
 
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