About to install a WD 120 Gig in an Iwill 266 MB ? is there any limit to partition size ?

[Jeff1]

About to install a WD 120 Gig in an Iwill 266 MB ? is there any limit to partition size ?

Although quite large, I am thinking of making this drive have only one partition. I already have partitions C- Q in a Win2K installation. This with a system that already has 3 SCSI drives and 1 IDE. Obviously the numerous partitions have a downside of needing to keep some space free so as to be able to defragment.

In a March 5th, 2001 Iwill 266 BIOS, is there any reason that the drive could not be left one (very large) partition or would the 32 Gig partition limit apply to this newer system ?

 

[Zlash]

FAT32 with win2k partitioning it, 32GB max. With anything other than 2k/xp partitioning it, 2TB max for fat32.

NTFS, 16 exabyte? limit...in other words, don't worry about it for a few years.

 

[Jeff1]

Zflash, thanks. While the dominant OS of this system is Win 2K, Western Digital includes, in this retail box, the Data Lifeguard floppy, to assist formatting. Actually, the WD installation formatting utility is called EZ-Install.

I have been building systems since 1982. In earlier years, there was a definite disadvantage in using the (much) earlier BIOS bypassing ? formatting utilities, such as the early ON TRACK utility.

In the WD supplied booklet there is the statement that with the Data Lifeguard tools ?you will not be able to warm boot your system.? ?You must always choose Shut Down from the menu and power down the system when prompted.?

I am not sure if the above only applies to the actual use of the utility, or if this is a permanent disadvantage to the use of the Data Lifeguard utilities.
The WD web site:
WesternDigital
does say:
?If Western Digital?s Data Lifeguard Tools are used to partition and format the drive, no fixes are required.?

What think ye.

PS
I am also hesitant to use the Win2k formatting utility as it may not be recognized by Win 98 on a dual boot system, although I doubt this will be of concern