Format Limits Stripe Sets to 4 GB

 Last reviewed: February 24, 1995
Article ID: Q122224
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

When you configure a hard disk drive that is larger than 4 GB as a stripe set, with or without parity and format the disk drive from Disk Administrator or at the Command Prompt, the disk capacity is incorrectly shown as 4 GB.

CAUSE

The FTDISK.SYS driver limits stripe sets to 4 GB.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1 and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbother kbbug3.10 kbfix3.50.sp2
KBSubcategory: ntfault
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.10 3.50 fault tolerance

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Last reviewed: February 24, 1995
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