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fat32 HD limit?
Name: Greaner Date: December 16, 2003 at 09:43:13 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: xp2600/512
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Back ground: I got a new system and managed to get my old XP installed HD to retain everything in the new system. I went to add in a second 40G HD and only had a nt format option with no fat32 option. Is there a partition size limit? Did a couple of searches here but gave up looking. It formatted in nt no problem but I want to install a 98 or me OS on it for a couple of non xp things so. . Thanks in advance for any help.
Name: Nishant Date: December 16, 2003 at 09:53:58 Pacific
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Hi, Make a partition in ur new 40 GB HDD and give it a try for FAT32 again.
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Response Number 2
Name: Johnw Date: December 16, 2003 at 09:56:25 Pacific
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Delpart.exe From NT 3.51, this utility can delete extended NTFS, Lilo, and just about any other type of partition . DELPART is a DOS based utility that will remove NTFS partitions from hard drives. FDISK is unable to remove some types of NTFS partitions. DELPART can wipe clean a hard drive, then you can use FDISK to create partitions normally.
Name: Tom Date: December 16, 2003 at 10:03:15 Pacific
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There is a 2 terabyte limit for a FAT32 partition. However the partitioning program in XP will only go to 32 gigs. You will need a third pary application to format the whole 40 gigs.
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Response Number 4
Name: Greaner Date: December 16, 2003 at 11:34:08 Pacific
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Yup Thanks a lot guys.
I just went 30/10 with XP and had NP
Interesting to know that I can partition the whole thing 3rd party too.
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