Gaming Cant create a partition larger than 4gig on my hd?

[jaxxster]

Anyone know why this is, i have a hd that says its 106 gig big whith like 50 gigs spare space. Thanks

 

[juggernaut911]

what filesystem?

 

[kobykaan]

Anyone know why this is, i have a hd that says its 106 gig big whith like 50 gigs spare space. Thanks

your drive is formatted FAT 32

FAT 32 has a limit on partition sizes

you need to convert to NTFS then you will be able to have bigger partitions/files than 4gb

goto your run bar in start menu and type CMD

and hit enter

once the command prompt dos box appears type in this


C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs

where the underlined C: is your drive letter to be converted to NTFS

its a wise idea to convert ALL HARD DRIVES you have to NTFS for better stability!

 

[jaxxster]

it already is ntfs

 

[kobykaan]

it already is ntfs

what program are you trying to partition with ?

have you tried using PARTITION MAGIC?

you may need to check your drive for errors if its still being problematic

 

[jaxxster]

using windows disk management. I'lll look into as i wanted to try and get mac os x running on my laptop.

 

[KDH]

Anyone know why this is, i have a hd that says its 106 gig big whith like 50 gigs spare space. Thanks

your drive is formatted FAT 32

FAT 32 has a limit on partition sizes

You're half right. There is a limit on the size of FAT32 partitions, but it's 2 TB, 4 GB is the file size limit, so s/he shouldn't be having a problem, even if using FAT32.

I would recommend trying Parted Magic to see if that can make a larger partition. Also, are you sure you're looking at unpartitioned space, or just free space? You may only have 4 GB of unpartitioned space.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

using windows disk management. I'lll look into as i wanted to try and get mac os x running on my laptop.

Lucky..I can't find one that will fit on a single layer disk XD

 

[hankchill]

Maybe your disk is fragmented too much to create a larger partition. I know I had that problem at one time.

Lucky..I can't find one that will fit on a single layer disk XD

You mean a Mac OS X OSX86 disc? Last I checked, they're all single layer.