Partition Size for Windows XP PRO

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Is there a maximim partition size for Windows XP PRO. I have a 232 gig hard
drive (new) and am installing Windows XP PRO. Do I need to create smaller
partitions?
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Thanks,
Belinda

 

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Belinda, if you are formatting NTFS then no there's no size restriction.
Well, two terabytes but that's two thousand Gigs.
FAT32 has a 32G limit.
"BelindaF" <BelindaF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a maximim partition size for Windows XP PRO. I have a 232 gig
> hard
> drive (new) and am installing Windows XP PRO. Do I need to create smaller
> partitions?
> --
> Thanks,
> Belinda

 

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In theory a FAT32 volume can be approximately 8 terabytes. The 32GB limit is
imposed by XP as far as what it will create/format as FAT32, but it will use
much larger volumes if they already exist 🙂

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp

"Rich Barry" <rbarryNot@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Belinda, if you are formatting NTFS then no there's no size restriction.
> Well, two terabytes but that's two thousand Gigs.
> FAT32 has a 32G limit.
> "BelindaF" <BelindaF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F9BB26FC-9415-4F67-9A46-639B88889EFD@microsoft.com...
>> Is there a maximim partition size for Windows XP PRO. I have a 232 gig
>> hard
>> drive (new) and am installing Windows XP PRO. Do I need to create smaller
>> partitions?
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Belinda
>
>

 

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Thank you guys for your quick response!
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Thanks,
Belinda


"John E. Carty" wrote:

> In theory a FAT32 volume can be approximately 8 terabytes. The 32GB limit is
> imposed by XP as far as what it will create/format as FAT32, but it will use
> much larger volumes if they already exist 🙂
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp
>
> "Rich Barry" <rbarryNot@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:TyjDe.88$vf.8@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> > Belinda, if you are formatting NTFS then no there's no size restriction.
> > Well, two terabytes but that's two thousand Gigs.
> > FAT32 has a 32G limit.
> > "BelindaF" <BelindaF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F9BB26FC-9415-4F67-9A46-639B88889EFD@microsoft.com...
> >> Is there a maximim partition size for Windows XP PRO. I have a 232 gig
> >> hard
> >> drive (new) and am installing Windows XP PRO. Do I need to create smaller
> >> partitions?
> >> --
> >> Thanks,
> >> Belinda
> >
> >
>
>
>

 

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"John E. Carty" <jecarty@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In theory a FAT32 volume can be approximately 8 terabytes. The 32GB limit
> is imposed by XP as far as what it will create/format as FAT32, but it
> will use much larger volumes if they already exist 🙂

I was going to say, I have a 120gig drive formatted as FAT32. I did it
during Windows ME. Had no problem upgrading to XP on it.

>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp
>
> "Rich Barry" <rbarryNot@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:TyjDe.88$vf.8@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>> Belinda, if you are formatting NTFS then no there's no size
>> restriction. Well, two terabytes but that's two thousand Gigs.
>> FAT32 has a 32G limit.
>> "BelindaF" <BelindaF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F9BB26FC-9415-4F67-9A46-639B88889EFD@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there a maximim partition size for Windows XP PRO. I have a 232 gig
>>> hard
>>> drive (new) and am installing Windows XP PRO. Do I need to create
>>> smaller
>>> partitions?
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Belinda
>>
>>
>
>

 

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So, if you use the WinXP CD to format and create a partition then you
are limited to 32G using FAT32. I thought that
32G was a small number for todays hard drives. That makes much more
sense.
"BelindaF" <BelindaF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F9BB26FC-9415-4F67-9A46-639B88889EFD@microsoft.com...
> Is there a maximim partition size for Windows XP PRO. I have a 232 gig
> hard
> drive (new) and am installing Windows XP PRO. Do I need to create smaller
> partitions?
> --
> Thanks,
> Belinda