I've found heaps of references to windows reporting smaller than rated capacity, but larger?
I can format a partition of 117GB with Windows XP or Win2k using Disk
Management tool, yet when formatting, the end message reads, "format failed
to complete".
Re: Hard drive ... the current format is FAT32 and when i try to boot from the 80GB hard drive, formated as NTFS it comes up with: NOT FOUND ANY [Active Partition] in HDD. ...(Win2K... (microsoft.public.win2000.file_system)
Re: Installing a new 2nd h/d under windows XP ... which I did (but then win2k only recognized half the gigs), so, then I ...format it to NTFS. ... diskette and used FDISK to partition it and format it. ... cluster size is poor on fat32 partitions over 32 gigs... ... (alt.os.windows-xp)
Re: Formatting a 200GB hard disk using FAT32 ... Win2K/XP can happily use the whole partition.... See these pages from the online versions of the Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro ... Size Limitations in NTFS and FAT File Systems ... >>> I am using a WIN2K Pro computer to format the drive. ... (microsoft.public.win2000.file_system)
Re: Formatting a 200GB hard disk using FAT32 ... Win2K/XP can happily use the whole partition.... See these pages from the online versions of the Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro ... Size Limitations in NTFS and FAT File Systems ... >>> I am using a WIN2K Pro computer to format the drive. ... (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
Re: Installing a new 2nd h/d under windows XP ... which I did (but then win2k only recognized half the gigs), so, then I ...format it to NTFS. ... 250 g h/ds, but, that time I wanted to format it ... diskette and used FDISK to partition it and format it. ... (alt.os.windows-xp)
