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"George N. Weinisch" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 1 Sep 2001 13:31:51 -0400
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Greetings Listers,

I am attempting to install Win2000 Professional on a new WD 40G drive.  The
O/S is being booted from the CD. When I get to the screen that asks me if I
want to create a partition in the unused space, I select that option.  I
want to create a partition of about 12GB, leaving the remainder
unpartitioned for later use.  However, on the screen where I should be able
to enter a size for the partition I wish to create I am unable to change the
value from the one that is displayed, which is the size in MB of the
unpartitioned space.  I tried creating a partition with a FAT32 bootable
floppy using fdisk, and then booting the Win2000 CD, but setup says it is
unable to format the partition that I created.  I chose FAT32 prior to
formatting, incidentally.  Hardware details are: P200mmx, FIC VIA503a ,
128MB.  Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

George

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