Windows NT Setup Detects Partitions as Unformatted or Damaged (195211)

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, ensure that the combined size of the partitions (the primary and extended partitions) is 8 GB or less, run Setup again, and then use Disk Administrator to reclaim any unused hard disk space. To do so, use the following steps:

1. For information about using the FDISK command to partition your hard disk, see the "Repartitioning Your Hard Disk" and "Formatting Your Hard Disk" sections in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   
   106423 Repartitioning Your Hard Disk to Upgrade to 6.0 or 6.2
   
   NOTE: You can use the Windows 98 Startup disk in place of the MS-DOS 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, or 6.22 disks mentioned in the article.
2. Run Setup again.
3. After Windows NT is installed, use Disk Administrator to reclaim any unused space on the hard disk:
   
   
   1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Disk Administrator. If this is the first time you have started Disk Administrator, click OK, and then click Yes.
   2. Click the unused partition that you want to reclaim, right-click the unused partition, and then click Create.
   3. Click Yes.
   4. In the Create Partition Of Size box, type the size of the partition you want, and then click OK.
   5. On the Partition menu, click Commit Changes Now, and then click Yes.
   6. Click OK, and then click OK.
   7. Right-click the partition you configured in steps B-F, and then click Format.
   8. Click Start, and then click OK.
   9. When the format process is complete, click OK, click Close, and quit Disk Administrator.