Cannot Create Partition Greater than 1 GB during NT setup (137474)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q137474 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install Windows NT on a computer with some SCSI
controllers, using two or more drives containing free space, Windows NT
does not allow creation of partition sizes larger than 1 gigabyte (GB).
CAUSE
The text mode setup restricts Partition0 on the first disk to 1024
cylinders - if there are no partitions, partition0 is the free space on the
drive, so the drive appears in the listing limited to 1024 cylinders non-
translated.
WORKAROUND
If you create a partition during setup, reboot and delete it, the same
check is not performed again, so the size of the partition (Partition0) is
added onto the free disk space and you can make a partition that spans the
whole drive up to 4GB or 1024 cylinders worth of data which ever is less.
-OR-
Using MS-DOS, create a partition using FDISK. During NT Setup, delete the
partition created with MS-DOS. This will allow Windows NT Setup to create a
system partition larger than 1 GB, but limited 4 GB or 1024 cylinders worth
of data which ever is less.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.5
3.51, and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/7/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbsetup KB137474 |
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