Yes, I know, I was not clear enough on my description.  Peter Livingwater
gave me a FAQ Web Site on Windows NT and 2000.  This was extremely helpful
and answered my question.
Thanks to all of you.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denys Beauchemin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Gary Sielaff'" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 8:35 PM
Subject: RE: NT Question


> I really would like to help you, but your messages are cryptic, at best.
>  When you say "Won't recognize it."  What exactly do you mean by that?  NT
> will not recognize the drive?  NT won't format the drive?  NT won't format
> the drive greater than 2GB?
>
> All that aside.  The very first thing you should do is to visit WWW.HP.COM
> and see if the pavilion you are playing with even supports Windows NT.
You
> neglected to specify the model pavilion you have so I could not
> specifically check for it.  However, I spent some time checking some of
the
> more recent models and as I feared, there is no NT 4.0 support for those
> systems.  They have drivers for 95, 98 Me and 2000, but not NT 4.0.  If
you
> can find NT drivers for the video card, the sound card and maybe even the
> motherboard, that would be a "good thing."  If there is not support, no NT
> 4.0 drivers from HP for your system, you are wasting your time.
>
> As a rule,  I have always been leery of home PCs and trying to install
> Windows NT 4.0 on them.  I have always preferred office PCs to do this
> exercise. I have not installed NT 4.0 in several years.  My last install
of
> an NT system was a year ago on my laptop and it was Windows 2000.  The
> office server has been running NT 4.0 since I built it in 1996.  I have
> installed the Service Packs as they were released, but I haven't
> reinstalled NT on it in about 5 years now.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
> HICOMP
> (800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
> denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Sielaff [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 5:55 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NT Question
>
> I am formatting under NTFS.  Won't recognize it.
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Denys Beauchemin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "'Gary Sielaff'" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:21 AM
> Subject: RE: NT Question
>
>
> You can only format greater than 2GB if you format NTFS.  Anyway, you
> should
> never, NEVER use anything but NTFS on NT, unless you dual-boot.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
> HICOMP
> (800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
> denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Sielaff [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 1:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT:  NT Question
>
> Trying to load NT 4.0 on a Pavilion with a 20 gig hard drive.
> When I format anything larger than 2gig NT says NO NO.
> What is the problem?  I tried 6 gig... NO.   I tgried 4 gig ..NO.
> Help Obywon, your our only hope.
> Gary
> Moses Lake
>