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Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive

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Original Message
Name: Jason Vance
Date: March 17, 2000 at 22:10:32 Pacific
Subject: Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive
Comment:

I have a Western Digital Hard drive that I'm trying to install Windows NT Workstation 4.0 on. I created a 2.1GB FAT16 partition and left the rest of the area unpartitioned. When I do the floppy install, I get an error saying that NT cannot read the drive (to that effect). When I do an install with Winnt /b,and get to the point when I'm going from text base install to GUI install, I get the "blue screen" with "Inaccessible_boot_device" at the top. Can anyone out there help me?


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Response Number 1
Name: bbaker
Date: March 18, 2000 at 00:56:43 Pacific
Subject: Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive
Reply: (edit)

see www.ntfaq.com/ntfaq/instsll47.html#install47


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Response Number 2
Name: H69
Date: March 18, 2000 at 07:25:29 Pacific
Subject: Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive
Reply: (edit)

it may be going but you need a special partition maneger who can create this plates or you need a nt fat32 loader


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Response Number 3
Name: Red
Date: March 18, 2000 at 21:21:18 Pacific
Subject: Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive
Reply: (edit)

Also see (from just the last few days) :
http://computing.net/windowsnt/wwwboard/forum/4127.html
http://computing.net/windowsnt/wwwboard/forum/4115.html
http://computing.net/windowsnt/wwwboard/forum/4105.html


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Response Number 4
Name: Spike
Date: March 20, 2000 at 18:58:18 Pacific
Subject: Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive
Reply: (edit)

I would start again.
Is this a new hard drive?
If so, run F-Disk, and set the first partition 2.5GB, and divide the remainder to 2GB or less. Format. Then do your install of NT.
Then format again 16 Bit when you are asked.


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Response Number 5
Name: al
Date: March 24, 2000 at 12:56:22 Pacific
Subject: Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive
Reply: (edit)

Were you trying to install NT in the unpartitioned space? If so, that's the problem. NT (system directory) has to be installed within the first 2 gb of the HD.


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Response Number 6
Name: al
Date: March 24, 2000 at 12:57:53 Pacific
Subject: Cannot install Windows NT on 10GB hard drive
Reply: (edit)

oops correction, the boot partition has to be within the first 2 gigs....

sorry


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