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major problems loading service pack 3 on mac, 4mb needed issue?, please help :(
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1204838" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I'm going to bet that your Windows partition is formatted in FAT32 instead of NTFS. This is very easy to fix.</p><p></p><p>Close all running programs, then go to:</p><p></p><p>Start => Run => type: </p><p></p><p>[CODE]cmd[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Press Return (Enter)</p><p></p><p>The Command Prompt will open. Type the following command:</p><p></p><p>[CODE]convert c: /FS:NTFS[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>The process will take a little while, but when it's done, you should be able to install SP3, which requires NTFS in order to complete. FAT32 is the default Boot Camp format type since it allows for better interoperability with OS X (for example, OS X can read/write FAT32, where is can only read NTFS without the help of third-party products).</p><p></p><p>The reason SP3 won't install is that FAT32 allows for single files up to 4GB in size only. I believe SP3 makes some kind of a cache that needs to grow beyond 4GB and that's why it fails. This is not the first time I've heard this complaint.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1204838, member: 24098"] I'm going to bet that your Windows partition is formatted in FAT32 instead of NTFS. This is very easy to fix. Close all running programs, then go to: Start => Run => type: [CODE]cmd[/CODE] Press Return (Enter) The Command Prompt will open. Type the following command: [CODE]convert c: /FS:NTFS[/CODE] The process will take a little while, but when it's done, you should be able to install SP3, which requires NTFS in order to complete. FAT32 is the default Boot Camp format type since it allows for better interoperability with OS X (for example, OS X can read/write FAT32, where is can only read NTFS without the help of third-party products). The reason SP3 won't install is that FAT32 allows for single files up to 4GB in size only. I believe SP3 makes some kind of a cache that needs to grow beyond 4GB and that's why it fails. This is not the first time I've heard this complaint. [/QUOTE]
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