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Th windows NT installer can't create big partitions. You can install WNT on a small partition (1~2GB) and later expand it with a partition resizer like Partition Magic or some free ones which come with boot CDs for Linux.
Windows 2000 and later won't give you this hassle.
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Daniel Turini wrote:
You can install WNT on a small partition (1~2GB)
This looks cool..... I have a question... if the HDD has another paretition larger than 3GB, does it give problem for the winNT??
And..... MY 28GB HDD is reported as 8 GB only???? Can that also get 'OK' in partition magic?? I mean, can I use my 28GB fully in Win-NT after installation?
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You can use a large disk with WinNT, but it doesn't like a large boot partition. It's been a long while since I installed it last, but the maximum size was either 2 or 4 GB. I would install it on a small initial partition, then use it to manage the rest of your physical drive. You should have no trouble using the whole space.
Just out of curiosity, why are you spending your time and effort installing an obsolete product? My experience with NT is unrelieved misery - it's a major pain to install, use, maintain, and repair. Win2K is so much better that it's a complete no-brainer choice if you have the option to use it instead.
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Roger Wright wrote:
Win2K is so much better that it's a complete no-brainer choice if you have the option to use it instead.
I am right now with win-2000. But it has some problems. My PC hangs with MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION with I play pinball in it...  . I am serious...
I reinstalled win-2000. Nothing else.... I installed just the win-2000, and still has the same problem... So thought od trying with win NT where I can play pinball... the folks at my home needs it... and I need ntfs.. So tried for NT... and  ....
Any help???
Dont trell me XP--- my RAM is just 128MB, and cant aford for more!!!
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I wouldn't waste my time on NT. The error you're getting would make me look for an updated driver for my video card. A lot of the NT drivers will install okay, but they just don't work on Win2k. Tell me more about your hardware configuration - did you check it all with the compatibility registry? BTW - 128 MB is plenty of RAM for Win2K. True, it performs better with more, but I ran it for a time on 96MB, and it did very well.
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Roger Wright wrote:
an updated driver for my video card
I will be happy if this is/was the problem....
Roger Wright wrote:
Tell me more about your hardware
To b frank, I really havent opened the box, as my win-2k itself provided its video/sound/modem driver - all onboard cards. Will have a look at the box, and then try to get a new driver.......
Roger Wright wrote:
the compatibility registry
Will check that also.... I guess there is no problem in this aspect.
Roger Wright wrote:
128 MB is plenty of RAM for Win2K
I said that for running XP. Believe it or not, I had a PC... Celeron-366Mhz-64MB ram... I now upgraded that to PIII-866Mhz-128MB ram.... And thats giving me problem now.....
Thanks....
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Roger Wright wrote:
an updated driver for my video card
My video card is SIS-6326.. and I installed the driver for the same from the CD. I still have problem?? Can u help me still???
Will give the info that has got logged in the events...
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000009c (0x00000001, 0x00000000, 0xb2000000, 0x00000115). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini120702-01.dmp.
was the message logged after I rebooted!!!
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SiS video cards are very common, and are generally a pain in the a&&. Have you checked Technet for clues about this particular error? Alternatively, have you tried doing a step-by-step boot, eliminating drivers one by one? I know it's tedious, but often it's the only way to isolate boot problems. In this case, though, the error seems to be a hardware failure - see this[^] article, for starters.
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Roger Wright wrote:
step-by-step boot
U mean the F8 key during bootup??
The mictrosoft link gave nothing useful for me to 'solve' my problem!!!
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And I still have lots of it left with me.
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Actually, a "no-problem" installation of Windows NT requires to be in the 1st 8Gb (practically, in the first 7182 Mb - don't ask...). I don't know what is the behaviour of NT installation having a FAT32 partition - since NT does not recognize it, i'd try to get rid of it - but try to find more on http://www.ntfaq.com/ - there are plenty of informations about install, maybe you can find something useful for your particular configuration.
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Cristian `Sardaukar` Amarie wrote:
http://www.ntfaq.com/
Thanks for the link....
Cristian `Sardaukar` Amarie wrote:
8Gb
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I was just wondering is there any good web sites for explaining how to create a dual boot system under Windows 98
thanks
Stephen 
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ballyduff wrote:
dual boot system under Windows 98
What r the OS you wanna dual boot with win 98.
For your info, win-95 cannot co-exist with win-98 for dual boot. Similarly... win-NT and win-2000 doesnt co-exist...
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I was thinking of putting on a linux operating system on it Something like SuSE Linux 8.1.
What i want is when i turn on the pc i want to be greeted with an option to either boot into win 98 or linux.
is this possiable?
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Install Linux, and the installation software will take care of setting up dual boot.
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I used to run Debian and W98. You have to install Windows first since it doesn't like to play with other operating systems. Real pain in the ass since I needed to re-install it on a farily regular basis... 
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ballyduff wrote:
is this possiable?
Hmmm quite a lotsa answers have been posted 4 u....
I guess all are the similar ones and will satisfy u....
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SPS wrote:
win-NT and win-2000 doesnt co-exist
Actually, all versions of NT will happily install alongside one another. I have three NT installs on this box right now in fact. Just make sure each install has its own partition, or they will write over each other's Program Files dirs.
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I have some problems in windows NT... check other message I have posted in this forum please!!
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The SuSE Linux manuals describe how to do this. Unlike Windows, the product ships with detailed documentation, rather than requiring you to spend hundred$ to buy the information that should be provided with the product. When you install it on a drive that already has Windows installed it will detect the previous installation and offer to install itself in a separate partition. Since I haven't done so yet, I don't know how it will do this without damaging the existing installation... the docs probably give some help there. When I get around to doing this, I plan to have a second drive in the system dedicated just to Linux.
The installation will, however, install a MBR that halts the boot process and offers you a choice of which OS to load. For that reason, it's important that Windows (and any other OS you have on the system) be installed first. I strongly recommend reading the documentation thoroughly before you begin as there are many configuration options to consider that don't come up when installing Windows.
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Hi all,
I am looking for information on how to build a home "workstation."
What I would like to have is a single box (dual cpu's?) that has two of everything outside the box (monitor, keyboard, etc.) I know there are video cards that support dual monitors (any suggestions?).
I would need to be able to login independantly on the two monitors (XP will be the O/S), i.e. be able to play a game on one monitor and create a word document while on the other.
Any pointers on how to configure this and suggestions on hardware??
Thanks,
Gary
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Hi all,
I have win95 installed on my PC. It has been working fine. Today when I reboot the machine efter some initialization I got the
message "Operative system not found". Why I get this message, what has happened to my machine? What I remember is that I did clean the place near the computer which might have caused that some cable gets loose, may this cause the error I get? or there is something else I have to check.
Please help me in this regard.
regards
/rsasalm
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You may well have bumped a cable loose - crack the case open and give them a wiggle. I've seen this message once, when I stupidly forgot to plug in the IDE cable to the drive in a system I was overhauling. You could also have a damaged MBR on the drive, or the drive controller may be loose (if it's separate from the motherboard). Checking the integrity of all internal cables (both ends) and jumpers is a good first step.
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Hi,
When running NetMeeting on Win9x to get remote access to the desktop, it's disabled after boot by default (on the PC which is to be controlled remotely). Is there an option to default to enable?
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