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With NT4 you can create a FAT16 partition that is 4 Gig by using 64k clusters. This option is only available with NT4. Normally a FAT16 will only be 2 gig as Sterling said.
With FAT32, it can support up to a 2 terabyte hard drive. But you don't have to worry about FAT32 because NT4 can't see it.
Well, let me add to that a little. NT4 can't see FAT32 partitions unless you use a 3rd party product such as the one sysinternals.com offers.
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Response Number 5
Name: Dr. Zhivago Date: May 7, 2001 at 00:12:17 Pacific
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"The system board BIOS must support and recognize drives larger than 8 GB before Windows NT can access the entire drive. You can verify this ability by entering into the BIOS..."
And don't be fooled by the Windows 2000 title. This concerns installers of the NT operating system as well.
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Response Number 6
Name: Glen Bicking Date: May 8, 2001 at 06:06:00 Pacific
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It's nice to see some give the correct answer here. Thanks Bob. This is always an area of disagreement. NT can make a FAT partition of 4gb. FAT32 is not supported natively in NT but as Bob said it can be used with 3rd party drivers. I'm sure Sterling has good intentions but it actually does matter what OS you are using when determining partition size.
Summary: The primary partition is 4 gigs using Microsofts spk 4+ install cd's, or up to 8 gigs using Microsofts NT Resource kit99 CD's. I do not remember where I saw it, but I do remember some where, that it i...
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