~~Formatting a 100gig drive w/ 2000 and XP~~

[EXman]

If I want to Use Win2k mostly for my applications and raw video storage (takes alot of room) and 10gig for XP so my wife can use since she likes the GUI can I just initially format the win2K with a 15gig boot/application partition and then a 75gb storage partition and leave the remaining 10gig unformatted until I install XP which will go on that 10 gig that is left.

when I install XP should I boot from Disk and just select to format the 10 gig that is left and use that for XP.

Damn I need some PartitionMagic7 (all I have is the old PM4)

 

[Adul]

you can use XP to format that partition just fine. I think I understand your post? maybe not..

 

[Allanv]

this is what i did to a 60gb drive...

booted from a win98 boot disk then fdisk with a 12 gb partition and a 25gb partition and left the rest 16gb unallocated ...

as i knew win xp would see if and let me format it then once winxp is loaded....

that was the eisiest way i could think of without using 3rd person software ?????


thats all hope you find it usefull


couldnt get win98 boot disk to do more than 2 partitions... but XP or win2k can see unpartiotioned space and will allow it to be partitioned and formatted from within windows

 

[AndyHui]

When you install XP, you should boot from the disk and format the partition from there.

Note that for your 75GB partition, you will need to format it in NTFS. Win2K/WinXP will not allow you to format FAT32 partitions greater than 32GB (even though it will read them with no problems).

If you wanted that 75GB partition in FAT32, you will need to use a Win98/WinME boot disk to format it.

 

[EXman]

Thanks for the help fellas!

 

[Whitedog]

<<Note that for your 75GB partition, you will need to format it in NTFS. Win2K/WinXP will not allow you to format FAT32 partitions greater than 32GB (even though it will read them with no problems).>>

Is this a limit on a "partitioned" hard drive?... Cuzz it will sure as heck let you create a primary partition the full size of the drive and format it fat32 for you. I've got a second 46gig drive in this computer that's a single 46gig fat32 partition.

 

[Whitedog]

Oh, and I would recommend partitioning the drive in the following order... for what you're wanting to do...

<beginning of drive>|---15gig---| |--10gig--| |---------------75gig---------------|<end of drive>

Reason being, you wouldn't want the 10gig partition to be at the back end of the drive to run XP off it, it would be twice as slow as if you had it nearer the front of the drive. generally, the first 25% of the hard drive produces max performance, the last 25% of the drive is about 2x as slow.

.02

 

[EXman]

To do that I would do the 15gig under win2K then load the XP for 10 gig then go back and format/install the last partition with win2K? what a pain

 

[Jen]

Woot .......big drive here........


Jen

 

[c0rv1d43]

<< <<Note that for your 75GB partition, you will need to format it in NTFS. Win2K/WinXP will not allow you to format FAT32 partitions greater than 32GB (even though it will read them with no problems).>>

Is this a limit on a "partitioned" hard drive?... Cuzz it will sure as heck let you create a primary partition the full size of the drive and format it fat32 for you. I've got a second 46gig drive in this computer that's a single 46gig fat32 partition. >>



Hmmm. I'm wondering if maybe you didn't get that drive partitioned and formatted FAT32 by some other method. I've experimented with this, and I'm pretty certain that Andy is right.

And Microsoft sez so, too: Windows XPert Zone (or whatever the heck they call it).

- Collin

 

[Pabster]

Any particular reason why you're going with FAT32 rather than the vastly superior NTFS?

Unless you need backwards compatibility with legacy operating systems, or older versions of Winbloze, there's no reason to use the antiquated FAT file system.

And, please, no one comment about how FAT32 is "speedier" than NTFS. Perhaps in synthetic tests (like Sandra's Disk Benchmark), but not in real world performance. The advantages NTFS offers are compelling.

 

[Whitedog]

<<To do that I would do the 15gig under win2K then load the XP for 10 gig then go back and format/install the last partition with win2K? what a pain >>

I don't know what you're talking about? Which ever OS you load first (Win2K from what you're saying) you would just go in to Disk Manager and set all your partitions up and format them there? What's so hard about that? Unless you have no idea what I'm talking about

c0rv... I'm just telling you what I've done. The OS on the PC I'm talking about is 2000 advanced server.. but I doubt that would make any difference.
I simply went into Disk Manager and selected the Drive and created a primary partition the size of the disk (46gig) and formatted it fat32...? Didn't give me any crap about it at all, and it's working just fine. I use the drive to store Ghost Images on (500MB-1400MB), so cluster size matters not.

When I get a chance, I'll throw a large drive in a "professional" install and see if it gives me any crap.. I'll post whatever happens.

 

[c0rv1d43]

Whitedog: I don't doubt it. I was neither thinking nor expressing myself clearly. What I was thinking of was that EXman was going to be creating and formatting with Windows XP. Windows XP is the one that won't format a FAT32 partition larger than 32 gigabytes in size. Since Win2K will be available to do the job, there shouldn't be a problem -- AFAIK.

- Collin

 

[AndyHui]

Neither Windows 2000 nor Windows XP can format a FAT32 drive larger than 32GB.

 

[therube]

Limitations of FAT32 File System (Q184006)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q184006


<< You cannot format a volume larger than 32 GB in size using the FAT32 file system in Windows 2000. >>

 

[c0rv1d43]

Very interesting. The first overt mention I had seen of a limitation in ability of Win2K or WinXP to format a FAT32 partition was with WinXP. I only ran across the link I gave by accident while considering other features of the OS. I would never find out for myself because, to be frank, I would never consider creating a FAT32 partition of ANY size when using Win2K or WinXP as the OS.

- Collin

 

[AndyHui]

You can find full details of FAT32 limitations under Win2K and WinXP in my FAQ:

FAT32 vs NTFS

 

[EXman]

The funny thing is folks I never asked about Fat32! yet this thread has found a new course. thanks for the help I did get though. Unfortunately my win2K disk didn't want to boot so I was forced just to put XP corp on it. ::disgust: oh well could be worse I guess *Cough* ME *cough*

 

[Compuguru]

Seeing that Win2k is NT 5.0 and that XP is NT 5.1, why in the world are you installing two copies of virturally the same software?

 

[Whitedog]

therube, Thanks for that link (or PATH.. hehe)... That clears things up a bit.

I just plopped a WD1000 (100gig) into my 2000 Advanced server and tried to Format it 1 partition FAT32 and got the error message as the article said...

On a second note, Windows XP won't even LET YOU select FAT32 if the partition is larger than 32gigs..

On a FINAL NOTE.... what started this, is a claim I made about 2000AS allowing me to create a 46gig FAT32 drive without a hitch! Well, I DID do this... Now, I cannot explain for the life of me how I did, and how it works... but it does. I've been using this drive for over a year with no troubles at all...


This is NOT a Photoshop job or anything.. just a simple Alt+Print screen.. for what it's worth.. Don't make me explain how I did this, I just did it.

46gig drive with a Single FAT32 partition.

 

[LukFilm]

WHAT?!?!?!? I'm writing this with WinXP on a 60GB hard drive divided into 5GB, 45GB and 10GB partitions AND another hard drive with a single 60GB FAT32 partition!!! Did it simply from a WinXP CD.

 

[Amused]

<< The funny thing is folks I never asked about Fat32! yet this thread has found a new course. thanks for the help I did get though. Unfortunately my win2K disk didn't want to boot so I was forced just to put XP corp on it. ::disgust: oh well could be worse I guess *Cough* ME *cough* >>



Hey, XP isn't bad at all. I kinda like it It'll grow on you, give it a chance.