Hard drive partitions ...

[Clint]

We have Windows NT 4.0 on our office machines. The hard drives are
partitioned into three letter drives, C:, D:, and E:
The C: and D: drives are only 2MB drives and are NTFS. Now it is my
understanding that in order to install Windows XP Pro we need at least 1.5
MB. Should I try an upgrade to XP Pro or a complete new install. If so,
how do I format a HDD that has been used for NT and partitioned as above?

I would certainly appreciate any help on this.

Thank you

Clint

 

[Guest]

The first thing you need to be worried about is if the machines can handle XP.

 

[JN]

If you do a complete install, there will be an opportunity to change
your partitions (create, delete) and determine which one you use to install.
I am not sure what happens during an upgrade.

 

[Guest]

I agree with "Crash". Make sure the machines are powerful enough to handle
XP and that the hardware is supported. Once you've done that, I would
suggest a clean install, wiping the contents of the hard drive(s) on each
machine AFTER backing up whatever data you want on them. Unless you have
some specific considerations for creating more than one partition on each
machine, just boot from the XP CD and delete ALL partitions and create just
one partition and format it. This can all be done by booting from the XP CD
(assuming the BIOS supports it) and following the prompts.

Chris
http://www.ncscc.ca

 

[Alex Nichol]

We have Windows NT 4.0 on our office machines. The hard drives are
partitioned into three letter drives, C:, D:, and E:
The C: and D: drives are only 2MB drives and are NTFS. Now it is my
understanding that in order to install Windows XP Pro we need at least 1.5
MB. Should I try an upgrade to XP Pro or a complete new install. If so,
how do I format a HDD that has been used for NT and partitioned as above?

I would start over and install clean, setting up a more appropriate size
partition. I really would not want to install XP on under 4GB, and then
you will need whatever space for applications. So by the sound of it
(unless E is enormous by comparison) you might give serious thought to
new disks soon, But unless you can backup the E material and delete
that into the bargain, boot the XP CD direct. Enter Setup, and after
the license agreement take New Install. When it asks you to confirm
where, hit ESC; select and delete the current C and D partitions and
make a new RAW one to be formatted at the next stage