Re: Windows won't boot if any partition extends past 120 GB on 250 GBdrive

On 15 Mar 2008 03:11:37 GMT, "C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Will Pittenger wrote:

Supposedly, XP SP2 (which is installed) supports 48-bit LBA
addressing. However, when I attempt to extend any partition past 120
GB, Windows refuses to boot. It just sits there at the animated boot
splash screen forever. Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to
fix it? I would like to use the extra disk space that I now have.

I am also having problem with PartitionMagic 8 that might be related.
The installed version crashes all of Windows shortly after the splash
appears. The rescue floppy boots, but then displays Error #114 for
the 250 GB drive. The CD won't boot issuing some internal error code
and leaving me with a Y: DOS prompt.

Off the top of my head it sounds like you made the partition FAT32
rather than NTFS. WindowsXP has a problem formating FAT32 partitions
over that size.



Well, that's a rather misleading statement. Windows XP will not create
a FAT32 volume larger than 32GB. But that's by design, rather than its
having a problem doing so.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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