Largest Partition Size

[JCO]

What is the largest partition size that W2K can see. I would post on
Windows 2000, but nobody seems to use that newsgroup anymore.
Thanks

 

[Ron Badour]

From the W2K Reskit: Windows 2000 can format volumes up to 2 terabytes with
NTFS.

This does not necessarily mean that W2K wouldn't work with larger partitions
(I don't know if it will or not). It will obviously handle a lot more than
is currently available.
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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

[C J.]

What is the largest partition size that W2K can see. I would post on
Windows 2000, but nobody seems to use that newsgroup anymore.
Thanks

JCO...

In Windows2K, it depends whether your using the FAT32 file system (Like
Windows 98 SE - has a 32GB max partition size limit per drive), or the NTFS
format (partitions up to 2+ terabytes are possible - according to chart I
found in XP Help and Support.)

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

What is the largest partition size that W2K can see.

That depends. "File Systems"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...serv/reskit/prork/prdf_fls_zkxi.mspx?mfr=true

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

JCO...

In Windows2K, it depends whether your using the FAT32 file system (Like
Windows 98 SE - has a 32GB max partition size limit per drive),

No, Windows supports FAT32 drives up to 137GB (and there are
workarounds for larger drives). See http://www.48bitlba.com/win98.htm

And Windows 2000 supports FAT32 drives (at least in theory--I doubt if
it's been tried) up to 2TB. However, like Windows XP, Windows 2000
will not *create* a FAT32 drive larger than 32GB.

 

[JCO]

Cool ; thanks everyone.

No, Windows supports FAT32 drives up to 137GB (and there are
workarounds for larger drives). See http://www.48bitlba.com/win98.htm

And Windows 2000 supports FAT32 drives (at least in theory--I doubt if
it's been tried) up to 2TB. However, like Windows XP, Windows 2000
will not *create* a FAT32 drive larger than 32GB.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Cool ; thanks everyone.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

No, Windows

Sorry, missing word. That should be "No, Windows 98..."

 

[JCO]

No problem.

Sorry, missing word. That should be "No, Windows 98..."

 

[Tim Slattery]

In Windows2K, it depends whether your using the FAT32 file system (Like
Windows 98 SE - has a 32GB max partition size limit per drive),

No it doesn't! The upper limit for a FAT32 partition is in the
terabytes. But, in practice, the system doesn't really scale very well
to huge volumes, so NTFS is a *far* better choice for very large
partitions. WinXP (I'm not familiar with Win2K, but I'll take your
work that it's the same) won't create a FAT32 partition larger than
32GB. That's not because it can't be done (FDISK that comes with Win98
and WinME can do it), but because NTFS is available and is a *much*
better choice.

or the NTFS
format (partitions up to 2+ terabytes are possible - according to chart I
found in XP Help and Support.)

True. The NTFS limit is (AFAIK) larger than any currently available
disk.

 

[Plato]

In Windows2K, it depends whether your using the FAT32 file system (Like
Windows 98 SE - has a 32GB max partition size limit per drive), or the NTFS
format (partitions up to 2+ terabytes are possible - according to chart I
found in XP Help and Support.)

Incorrect. One can fdisk/format to larger then 32 gigs then install xP
to it with no problem at all.