While trying to install NT 4 Server on a machine I tried to set the maximum size of my partition to 4.1 Gig (the full capacity of the drive). The setup informs me that I can't do this because the drive is too large. Is this limitation caused by the FAT16 partition size? I want to use the entire drive instead of dividing it into two partitions. I don't have another NT machine to put it into to partition and format it NTFS either. I do have Partition Magic 5.0, if anyone thinks this will help me. Also, is there any sites I can visit on how to install NT4 Server on large hard drives (above 2 Gig). Thanx, slvrfx

Microsoft NT4 has a limitation of 4 Gig for the system partition. A secondary partition can be about as big as you can afford (terrabytes). Either set up two partitions or just 1 4 Gig and forget about the leftover 100Mb

Use the 100Meg or so as the C: system (Active Primary) partition; make it FAT16; copy the i386 to it and install NTSvr from the C: drive. Install NTSvr into the (unused) Extended partition space... Advantage/benefit? You get the rest of the HD for NT without problems; you have a few more options available in the future for recovery... Usually a smoother, faster, fewer problems installation... Disadvantage? Does reduce security slightly... (if using NTFS for the NT partition) but not usually an issue for most domestic/SoHo environments - it won't meet C2 (security) classification... Incidentally, I would still have at least two partitions/logical-drives established - one the OS an one for data etc... 2Gig is surely more than enough for Server in SoHo scene? Either or both of these areas could be NTFS or FAT16... NTFS is more efficient use of HD space. http://www.win2000mag.com and look for the FAQ's (John Savill's info) on lower right of opening screen; useful info galore there -Installations section being just one..