Windows 2003 ntfs maximum volume size

Is there a size limit to the mapping of this array? I would like the array size to be approximately 4 TB. Share Flag. All Answers. Collapse -. Provided that it's external. Col 0 Votes. Volume Size. Back to Networks Forum. This is because NTFS file compression is not possible on drives that have a larger cluster size. The format command won't use clusters larger than 4 KB unless the user specifically overrides the default settings.

When you use the Convert. This is because the FAT structures are aligned on cluster boundaries. Therefore, any larger cluster size would not allow for the conversion to function. Note also when formatting a partition under Windows NT 3. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Because it doesn't have the function to extend system partition, only data partition can be extended under some conditions.

So some other system utility is needed for this purpose. As we mentioned above, diskpart. Disk Management is a similar tool to diskpart command. It cannot extend volume when there's no contiguous unallocated space, nor FAT32 file system.

Disk Partition Expert has a comprehensive understanding of those limitations in diskpart command and Disk Management in Server Manager, so it makes all in one functions in one tool to manage disk partition.