Can't get larger than 4 Gig partition

Trying to install 2003 Server on a Dell PE SC1430 using Dell's server
install CD and even though I set the C drive partition size in the utility
to 20 Gig, after the 2003 Server install completes I end up with a useable C
drive of 4 Gig. Funny thing is Windows disk management shows Disk 0 at 20
Gig, but the upper pane shows it as 4 Gig and Windows treats it as 4 Gig.

 

Hmm - generally, that points to the disk format not being NTFS, but
FAT32.....how did you create the partitions/volumes? If this was a totally
vanilla bare-bones machine and you used the Dell setup CD, it would've been
NTFS, but check.

 

Not exactly sure why, but a guy on the Dell forums ran into the same thing.
Has something to do with Windows setup seeing the FAT32 Dell utility
partition and deciding the C drive should also be FAT32. Weird, but the
cure was to cancel the disk check during 2003 setup. Gotta be quick though.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

Well, I've never had a single problem using the Dell setup CD (or any
vendor's setup CD) - I always manually create my partitions, and the utility
partition is automatically created when I choose setup. Strange, but glad
you got it figured out.

 

Never had a problem with the Dell CE either and had setup a PE1800 about a
week earlier with it's CD and had no issues. Not sure what's different
about this one, but I tried it numerous times with he results the same each
time. Even blew out the array and recreated it to no avail.


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"