FAT32

  • Thread starter Thread starter Lenny Abbey
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Lenny said:
What is the largest size disk that I can format in FAT32 with Win 2000?
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According to the following knowledge-base article, it's 32GB. (but is that a
32GB -drive- or -partition- ??)

Quote:

"
You cannot format a volume larger than 32 GB in size using the FAT32 file
system in Windows 2000. The Windows 2000 FastFAT driver can mount and
support volumes larger than 32 GB that use the FAT32 file system (subject to
the other limits), but you cannot create one using the Format tool. This
behavior is by design. If you need to create a volume larger than 32 GB, use
the NTFS file system instead.

NOTE: When attempting to format a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB, the
format fails near the end of the process with the following error:

Logical Disk Manager: Volume size too big.
"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q184006

I hope this helps,

Stephen.
 
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