FAT32

[bob]

What I am wondering is why the Win XP Formating tool put
that limit on it and not on Win 98. Was it because they
didn't decide it was insufficent for above 32 GB until
now?

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

The limitation isn't in the format tool, it is in the FAT file system. You
can get around this by creating partitions smaller than 32GB. NTFS does not
have this limitation.

 

[bob]

Thats what I thought too, but I was told differently by
multiple people.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

And as I answered Bob in another group, yes, anything over 32 gig is way,
way inefficient

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Thanks, Doug, I was really unaware of that. I was always under the
assumption that was a FAT issue. I apologize to the OP for the
misinformation.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

I apologize, Bob, I was incorrect as others in this thread have noted and
explained.