FAT32 can't format a drive larger than 32GB in size. You get a message if you try:
Logical Disk Manager: Volume size too big
Theoretically, NTFS supports drives up to 16 exabytes or 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes (2^64 sectors). However, during the setup portion, by default, XP only supports drives up to 137GB. SP1 has to be installed and the registry has to be edited to include the EnableBigLba. Once that is done, then drives larger than 137GB will work.
I thought about the issue that night at home. What if I created the partition using Computer Managment, but didn't actually format it at that point? It worked.
After I created a 200GB partition, I started the install. Windows setup saw the partition and asked if I wanted to format it. Installed Windows XP, and presto. It booted to drive C:. Just liek the NT 4 days. Installed SP1 and edited the registry. Installed all the drivers, installed a bunch of programs and stuff on it, defragged the drive, ran chkdsk on it. Everything it working properly.
My only question is this. During the format, it saw a 200GB partition, but said it was formatting a 137GB partition. Did it format a 137GB partition or a 200GB partition?
Logical Disk Manager: Volume size too big
Theoretically, NTFS supports drives up to 16 exabytes or 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes (2^64 sectors). However, during the setup portion, by default, XP only supports drives up to 137GB. SP1 has to be installed and the registry has to be edited to include the EnableBigLba. Once that is done, then drives larger than 137GB will work.
I thought about the issue that night at home. What if I created the partition using Computer Managment, but didn't actually format it at that point? It worked.
After I created a 200GB partition, I started the install. Windows setup saw the partition and asked if I wanted to format it. Installed Windows XP, and presto. It booted to drive C:. Just liek the NT 4 days. Installed SP1 and edited the registry. Installed all the drivers, installed a bunch of programs and stuff on it, defragged the drive, ran chkdsk on it. Everything it working properly.
My only question is this. During the format, it saw a 200GB partition, but said it was formatting a 137GB partition. Did it format a 137GB partition or a 200GB partition?
