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Date:	Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:01:20 -0800
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Fat32 maximum size...?

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--- Martin Rosenfeld wrote:

> > Looks like 32GB is max size !?
>
> I was using Win2000. Maybe the same limitation
> applies as in WinXP. When
> I find an old boot disk for Win98 I will try that.
>
> Martin

Baloney ! I have a 200G drive (ext. USB, for video
work) that is partitioned as *one* FAT32 partition.
And I bet you can find someone who has made FAT32
partitions that are more like 300G. Ask Tony.

I don't know what the upper limit is, but I read a
Wikipedia entry quite some time ago that stated this
32G limit business . . . so I conclude there is a
common misconception often quoted.

A better question might be: "What FAT32 max. size is
known to be stable ?" But then, I've had such
partitions in the 60 - 200G range (for a few years, in
some cases), and never had a problem. And I've heard
reports of 40 - 100G NTFS partitions going South on
people, so I wouldn't take anything for granted.

I'd like to be able to tell you exactly what I used to
create the 200G FAT32 partition, but I can't remember
whether it was DFSEE (probably), PM 8.01, or W2K
itself.

Jordan

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