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I have a new WD 120GB hard drive, I can't seem to format this drive using FAT32. I got it to format NTFS, but I wanna use FAT32. Do I have to partition it. How big can it be using FAT32. Thanks
Name: JLee Date: March 9, 2002 at 04:50:41 Pacific
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Fat32 is not limited to 32GB! i cant remember exactly its limit is but i know is around the terabyte
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Name: nutty Date: March 9, 2002 at 05:35:56 Pacific
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FAT32 partition size limit is 2TB (terabytes), file size limit is 4GB.
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Response Number 4
Name: superyutz Date: March 9, 2002 at 05:37:16 Pacific
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WindowsXP only supports FAT32 volumes up to 32GB according to Microsoft. Want proof?: http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp
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Response Number 5
Name: james Date: March 9, 2002 at 11:54:19 Pacific
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solution is to make a 32 gig fat32 "c" partition & install on that
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Response Number 6
Name: Novice Date: March 9, 2002 at 11:57:04 Pacific
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I believe that you should not make FAT32 partitions that close to the 32 GB limit, as there is very much space wasted due to the increased cluster size, as the partition size increases. If you want to make partition 32+ GB, i recomment that you use NTFS, or chop the drive into smaller FAT32 partitions, of 20 or 30 GB.
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