Ah, then the choice likely resulted in that request- features to manage the big partition. Excuse me, but I'm just reasoning on the evidence here. Ed West wrote: > > From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx> > > That sounds consistant with managing a large information archive. Do > you > > have or intent to use such a thing? > > No. The W2k install gave me the option of two different size > partitions on > my 80gig hd. (remember this is a dual boot w/Win98) > The choices were 8 gigs or 10762. > I chose the largest. > Ed -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://pchelpers.5er.com?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://pchelpers.5er.com?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.