# ADABAS 5.1.1 instal on Windows XP **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX, Adabas-on-Linux, Adabas-Installation-and-Setup-on-Open-Systems\ **Created:** [December 14, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-5-1-1-instal-on-windows-xp/57829 "2005-12-14T02:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anton\_Britz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/anton_britz/32/123_2.png) [@Anton\_Britz](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Anton_Britz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-5-1-1-instal-on-windows-xp/57829/1 "2005-12-14T02:53:42Z")
Hi, I am trying to format 2 Gig for Asso and 4 Gig For Data but I keep on getting an error : Space on Device has been exhausted Additional Facts : a) There is space on my Device b) It deletes all the succesful format on an error Conclusion : I can get it to format 2 Gig’s of Asso and 3 Gig’s of Data succesfull ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-5-1-1-instal-on-windows-xp/57829/2 "2005-12-23T18:55:46Z")
Hi Anton, Do you use a FAT32 file system? There a single file must be less than 4 GB. This means that you must either split your DATA container in 2 DATA extents, or switch to NTFS. Regards, Wolfgang Obmann ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-5-1-1-instal-on-windows-xp/57829/3 "2021-04-02T14:38:53Z")