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To: Spots who wrote (5748)1/31/1999 5:21:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul  Read Replies (2) of 14778
 
Misunderstanding is a great danger of this imperfect medium.

My take is we agree<g>

I said

So it looks like we agree that one large C drive is preferable for the primary OS load/installation barring significant over ruling factors.

You said

No, we don't agree on this one. A FAT16 partition is too small even at its max of 2GB, and I'd prefer it under 1GB myself, since 2GB IS too small for me and I'd rather have NTFS anyhow. I was arguing that the C partition CAN'T be the main OS partition because (for me at least) it has to be FAT16.

I consider that a significant over ruling factor. You need FAT 16 so you can't have one large C drive.

In particular I've concluded that, since it takes the ATA hotfix (or maybe SP4) to access the whole disk, it would probably not be the world's best plan to make it one big C partition with NT on it.

My inclination is to hold at 8.4 gig for the C drive. I would still consider an 8.4 gig 'C' partition 'one big C drive' if the OS and all its related apps were contained in the partition. An extended partition could be used for data/drive image storage.

I do not want to deal with having half a partition unreachable, even if it works part of the time.

Are you sure partitioning can solve the 8.4 gig barrier? I recall reading something indicating that partitioning an 8.4 gig + drive does not address the 8.4 gig barrier issue. (just one of those faint memories)

Zeuspaul
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