Vista Partition Maximum Size Limit?

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smackedass

Is there a maximum partition size limit in Vista?

Thanks, in advance.

smackedass
 
R

Richard Urban

Get the largest drive available today and set it up as one partition if you
like.

I sure wouldn't.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
R

ray

Is there a maximum partition size limit in Vista?

Thanks, in advance.

smackedass

According to wikipedia it would be about 16 EB.
NOTE: 1EB = 1024TB; 1TB = 1024GB (or 1000 depending on who you talk to).
 
S

Sigmundur Jonsson

ray said:
According to wikipedia it would be about 16 EB.
NOTE: 1EB = 1024TB; 1TB = 1024GB (or 1000 depending on who you talk to).
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... WHO would have A 1EB in their box? =) me wanna =)
 
C

cvp

Yes - several:
Generally partitions are limited to the size of the disks and thus volumes
on which they reside (where a RAID array appears as a single disk) although
you can have spanned volumes on multiple disks.

Drives containing the system or boot partitions are limited to 2TB and so
those partitions are also limited to that size. Spanned volumes cannot
include disks containing those partitions.

GPT disks cannot (currently) contain system or boot partitions and their
size limits are beyond anything currently imaginable. Partitions on those
disks are similarly unconstrained. I have a 7.5TB one for example.
 

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