You are correct and I was in error in the detailed numbers.
| Jim, XP pre SP 1 can not format NTFS larger than 137 GB.
|
| If SP 1 or 2 has been slipstreamed (either by the
manufacturer of the CD or
| the owner of the computer) into the XP installation CD you
can create a
| larger than 137 GB boot drive. If SP 1 or 2 has not been
slipstreamed your
| maximum partition size (that can be formatted) for your
boot disk is 137 GB.
| You can use Partition magic or other software to increase
the size of the
| boot partition later.
|
| Now, if you add a hard disk larger than 137 GB to a pre
SP1 system it will
| also partition and format to no larger than 137 GB. Post
SP1-2 you can
| format it as large as the drive's native size.
|
| XP has an imposed limit on formatting FAT 32 drives to a
size of 32 GB.
| Once a drive has been formatted in a non-XP computer as a
larger than 32 GB
| size, it can be used in an XP computer with no problem
once it has been
| added to Device Manager/Disk Management. I use an 80 GB
USB drive as a
| go-between to transfer data from my personal computers to
various other
| computers (OSs of ME, 2K, 98.) When I originally got the
drive it was
| preformatted as NTFS. Had to dump it and hook it to a win
9X machine to get
| the partition and format to FAT 32 as a single partition
on the drive.
| Hooks to all other computers without any problem now.
|
in message
| | > Sorry for the MB GB slip. but XP natively can't format
drive
| > (partition) larger than 137 GB as FAT32. You must use
NTFS
| > for large drive unless you do the formatting using FDISK
or
| > Partition Magic. But on a large drive, NTFS will be
more
| > stable and secure.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > | > | ??? Jim what do you mean? "Use NTFS or partition at
or
| > below 137 MB. NTFS
| > | is preferred." You answer doesn't make sense even if
you
| > change MB to GB.
| > |
| > | If the computer's bios is capable of larger than 137
GB,
| > XP SP2 will handle
| > | drives much larger than 137 GB if formatted as NTFS.
The
| > only real drawback
| > | to XP is the 32 GB limit if formatting as FAT 32
(still
| > haven't figured out
| > | why MS placed that restriction on file system creation
in
| > XP but still
| > | allowed a previously formatted '32 drive to function
| > without any problem.)
| > |
| > | "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
wrote
| > in message
| > | | > | > Use NTFS or partition at or below 137 MB. NTFS is
| > | > preferred.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > The people think the Constitution protects their
rights;
| > | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be
overcome.
| > | >
| > | >
message
| > | >
| >
| > | > |
| > | > |
| >
| > | > | > I've just bought a Maxtor DiamondPlus9 200GB
hard
| > drive,
| > | > to be used as a
| > | > | > slave. I've put the drive in my PC and it is
| > recognised
| > | > as being there.
| > | > | I
| > | > | > haven't changed any jumpers yet and I haven't
tried
| > to
| > | > format it yet.
| > | > | I've
| > | > | > got XP (+SP2) on my machine. When I format the
| > drive,
| > | > do I need to
| > | > | > partition it, or can XP handle 200GB?
| > | > |
| > | > | Either way works fine.
| > | > |
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