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Article ID: 946557 - Last Review: May 12, 2008 - Revision: 1.4
You cannot install or start Windows Vista when the volume of the system partition is larger than 2 terabytes
You cannot install or start Windows Vista when the volume of
the system partition
is larger than 2 terabytes (TB).
This issue occurs for one of the following reasons:
- You configure the master boot record (MBR) disk as the boot
partition.
When the MBR disk is used as the boot partition or as the
data partition, 2 TB is set as the size
limit for the MBR disk.
For more information about the size limit for the MBR disk, visit the following
Microsoft Web site: - You configure the GUID partition table (GPT) disk
as the boot partition.
When you start an operating system from a GPT
disk, the Extended Firmware Interface (EFI)-based BIOS is required. However,
the EFI-based BIOS is not supported in Windows Vista 32-bit editions.
Additionally, it is not supported in Windows Vista 64-bit editions unless you
install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Note There is no 2-TB limit if the GPT
disk is used in a data partition.
Windows Vista 32-bit editions
To work around this issue, set the size of the system
partition
to less than 2 TB, and then reinstall Windows Vista.
Windows Vista 64-bit editions
To work around this issue, use the GPT disk as the boot partition,
and then install Windows Vista SP1.
For more
information about how to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
935791Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=935791/
)
How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack
For more
information about how to create an installation image of Windows Vista to which
SP1 is already applied, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
934307Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=934307/
)
Description of the Windows Update Stand-alone Installer (Wusa.exe) and
of .msu files in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
For more information about BIOS boot configuration, visit
the following Microsoft Web site, and then see the "Boot Configuration
Database" section:
For more information about the GPT drive, visit the following Microsoft Web
site:
For more information about
Unified Extended Firmware Interface support in Windows Vista, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
930061Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=930061/
)
Unified Extended Firmware Interface support in Windows Vista
APPLIES TO
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Enterprise
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition
- Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition
- Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition
- Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition
- Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition
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