FrontPage Server Extensions are not installed with IIS 5.1 on a FAT32 partition (308173)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.1
This article was previously published under Q308173

SYMPTOMS

When you install IIS 5.1 on FAT32 partitioned hard disk drive, Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions are not installed by default with IIS 5.1.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

When you install IIS 5.1 on FAT32 partitioned disk drive, the following FrontPage Server Extensions folders are not installed for security reasons:

_vti_bin
images
_private
_vti_cnf
_vti_pvt
_vti_script
_vti_txt

If you want to install the FrontPage Server Extensions and the associated folders when you install IIS 5.1 on FAT32 partitioned hard disk drive, you must select the FrontPage Server Extensions component when you are installing IIS 5.1. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
  3. In the Components: list, click to highlight IIS, and then click Details.
  4. Click to check the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions check box.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Next, and then click Finish.
Before you install Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions, we highly recommend that you convert the file system from FAT to the NTFS file system. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
  2. At the command prompt, type convert c: /fs:ntfs, and then press ENTER.

REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307881 How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume to an NTFS file system in Windows XP

100108 Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS file systems

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/28/2006
Keywords:kbpending kbprb KB308173
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