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In article <Pt$qYHAUSUbyEwqE@wookie.demon.co.uk>, 
wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk says...

> I have a 4 gig drive with an NT bootable 2 gig FAT partition.

 
> I know I can have NT convert it to an NTFS partition, but how do I get
> it to use all 4 gig of the drive ?

I assume you have a 2Gb NTFS partition on the rest of the drive (or 
another partition anyway. The only tool that I know of which will 
expand partitions is Partition Magic (available from all good software 
dealers). Whether it will merge two partitions is another matter.

If you wanted to convert the 2Gb FAT partition to NTFS and then expand 
it to 4Gb's you could probably do it with Partition Magic providing 
you deleted the other 2Gb partition (if it exists). 

It's 43ukp + VAT and carriage from Software Warehouse. I've forgotten 
who makes it but if you do a Yahoo Search for Partition Magic you may 
find the developers web site to obtain more information from.

-- 
David Thornton

In article <846179843snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk>, Richard Ashton
<as@horizon.co.uk> writes
>In article <Pt$qYHAUSUbyEwqE@wookie.demon.co.uk>
>           wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk "John Beardmore" writes:
>
>} I have a 4 gig drive with an NT bootable 2 gig FAT partition.
>}
>} I know I can have NT convert it to an NTFS partition, but how do I get
>} it to use all 4 gig of the drive ?
>
>You don't. Remember DOS FDISK.

Frequently and with regret !

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...


> Pity Partition Magic is an OS/2
>program. :)

:)

Indeed.


J/.
-- 
John Beardmore

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

-- 
Zathros is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. Very
sad life. Probably have very sad death, but at least there is symmetry.

In article <Magpie846492130guy@wyrdrune.demon.co.uk>, Guy Gascoigne -
Piggford <guy@wyrdrune.demon.co.uk> writes

>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.

I guess you need to tell NT not to put its files on the disk that you
are about to partition.

I'll give it a go when my next 4 gig drive comes in.


Cheers, J/.
-- 
John Beardmore

maildrop@kinky.demon.co.uk (Markus Weber) wrote:

>If your NT partition is a FAT file system, there's a reasonable chance
>that PM 2.0 for Windows 95 can extend it.

Doesn't FAT have a 2GB limit on partition size? 

Anjan

-- 
"We've got two lives, the one we're given and the other one we make."
    Mary Chapin Carpenter

In article <327a884a.146640908@news.demon.co.uk>, Markus Weber
<maildrop@kinky.demon.co.uk> writes

>If your NT partition is a FAT file system,

It is.


> there's a reasonable chance
>that PM 2.0 for Windows 95 can extend it.

Thanks !


Cheers, J/.
-- 
John Beardmore

OK, forget the notion of expanding my old FAT partition.  Is it possible
to get a 4 gig NT boot partition by simply installing to a drive that is
either preformatted with a 4 gig NTFS space or just has its space
unallocated ?

There are other drives on the system that could be used for storing
temporary files but those are NTFS rather than FAT.  Can the installer
cope with that ?


Cheers, J/.
-- 
John Beardmore

In article <32881bb0.334843599@news.demon.co.uk>, Markus Weber
<maildrop@kinky.demon.co.uk> writes

>On Thu, 31 Oct 96 19:43:58 GMT, Richard Ashton <as@horizon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>So where did it put the temporary files ?
>
>On the first partition with enough space on it. Probably the 600MB
>NTFS partition.

I thought the other 600 meg was HPFS ?


J/.
-- 
John Beardmore

In article <3284036c.155319036@news.demon.co.uk>
           maildrop@kinky.demon.co.uk "Markus Weber" writes:

} You're right. This shouldn't be a problem for 3.5x. Unless the pinball
} driver is hidden on the 4.0 CD, HPFS is off-limits.
}
} The "bootstrap" install needs more than 50, less than 200MB. I never
} checked. NT will use the first drive (sorted by letter) with enough
} free space.

I find this sort of "trivia" fascinating, I will reinstall NT 4.0
server and deliberately crash it. I would like to know where it is
putting the "bootstrap" files. I can't think of a good reason why :)


{R}

In article <847156104snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk>, Richard Ashton
<as@horizon.co.uk> writes

>I find this sort of "trivia" fascinating, I will reinstall NT 4.0
>server and deliberately crash it. I would like to know where it is
>putting the "bootstrap" files. I can't think of a good reason why :)

I'm kinda curious too.  We must be sad sad people !


Cheers, J/.
-- 
John Beardmore