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Re: Expanding FAT to NTFS partition under NT

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From: Guy Gascoigne - Piggford
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 00:00
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In article <TxytPcA+IocyEwQo@wookie.demon.co.uk> John Beardmore  wrote:
> I guess I'd kind assumed that if NT could support 4 gig partitions,
> there'd be a way to boot from ones that big !  Oh well...

There is, but it's tricky to manage if you decide this after the install.  

I have a feeling this only works if you do a 'boot from floppy' install 
(using the three installation disks) rather than winnt /b, but you can 
create and delete partitions during the install process as well as choose 
an unformatted section of the disk for install and let NT deal with 
formatting it prior to install.  Some of these bit's aren't obvious if you 
are not aware that they are there, but the're not to hard to find if you 
know to look for them.

Guy

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From: Guy Gascoigne - Piggford <guy@wyrdrune.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Expanding FAT to NTFS partition under NT
Date: 1996/10/28
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