Limits on Size of Boot Partition in Windows XP?

[Will]

What are the limits on the size of the boot partition during installation of
Windows XP? I know with Windows 2000 we were limited to something around
7800 MB if you wanted the partition to be visible to Windows Setup.

 

[Rock]

What are the limits on the size of the boot partition during installation of
Windows XP? I know with Windows 2000 we were limited to something around
7800 MB if you wanted the partition to be visible to Windows Setup.

There is no such limit for XP. For partitions larger than 137GB the
BIOS must support 48 bit LBA and XP must be at or about the SP1 level.
Also for FAT32 partitions XP's native tools will only format up to 32GB.

 

[Guest]

Are you asking "what is the minimum partition size that yo can create"?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You're thinking of the 8GB limit that applied to earlier versions of WinNT,
they had to boot from a partition contained within it. No such limit applies
in an XP system. It can use whatever size drive you can afford, and the
installation partition can be anywhere on the drive you choose.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Bruce Chambers]

What are the limits on the size of the boot partition during installation of
Windows XP? I know with Windows 2000 we were limited to something around
7800 MB if you wanted the partition to be visible to Windows Setup.

The 7.8Gb size limit of WinNT's system partition doesn't apply to the
newer operating systems such as Win2K and WinXP.


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Bruce Chambers

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