Subj : XP and .gt. 2GB
To   : August Abolins
From : Ed Vance
Date : Tue Apr 07 2026 20:17:32


> Hello Ky!

> ** On Monday 06.04.26 - 12:34, Ky.Moffet wrote to Ed Vance:

> I recently purhased an 8TB drive for the purpose of using with my XP boxes.
> But, sadly..  yes, 2TB is the max that XP can work with, *AND* it has to be
> MBR, *and* the rest of the drive cannot be separate MBR partions.  Only one
> MBR space is allowed.

> Is that an exception with 64bit XP?   My machines are 32bit.

> Not sure I want to go that route.

> I don't know about any issues with exFAT.
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August, In my post to Ky about the 486 and the 1.2 Tb HDD.
I think all three of the partitions I made on that drive were not bootable.
The 330Mb drive was C:\ in that system.
I was just adding storage space as the 330Mb drive was running out of space.
Without turning the 486 on I think the third partition of about 200+ Mb I used
as ( I can not recall what the Windows 3.1 file was called that kept track of
everything).
It isn't .INI but a section of the Windows 3.1 system.
Ed
Dumb de Dumb Dumb
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