XPSP3- format fat32 get fat16??

[Kyle]

Hi,

I installed XPSP3 on my system leaving 100MB free at the end of the disk. I
start XP, run disk management, select the empty part of the drive, tell it
to create a primary partition, and format it fat32. XP thinks everything is
great. I copy files to the drive and reboot with a windows 98 boot disk.
The boot disk only see the fat16 filenames. Thislongfilename.txt became
Thislo~1.txt

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my long filenames back?

Thanks,

 

[Ray Parrish]

When you boot from the Win98 boot disk you are running DOS which doesn't
know about long file names so it gives you short versions. The fact that
you were able to see the long file names in Win XP proves the disk is FAT32.

Later, Ray Parrish

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi,

I installed XPSP3 on my system leaving 100MB free at the end of the disk.
I start XP, run disk management, select the empty part of the drive, tell
it to create a primary partition, and format it fat32. XP thinks
everything is great. I copy files to the drive and reboot with a windows
98 boot disk. The boot disk only see the fat16 filenames.
Thislongfilename.txt became Thislo~1.txt

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my long filenames back?

Thanks,

This is really a Win98 question. To see long file names in Windows 98, you
must be in a GUI environment. The boot disk you use operates in a 16-bit
environment.

 

[Peter Foldes]

FAT16 or FAT32 do not decide if you see long or short names. Only

Windows (and some special programs) can see the long names.

Huh ??

 

[philo]

Hi,

I installed XPSP3 on my system leaving 100MB free at the end of the disk.
I start XP, run disk management, select the empty part of the drive, tell
it to create a primary partition, and format it fat32. XP thinks
everything is great. I copy files to the drive and reboot with a windows
98 boot disk. The boot disk only see the fat16 filenames.
Thislongfilename.txt became Thislo~1.txt

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my long filenames back?

Thanks,

You did nothing wrong...
Windows should still see the long file names,

for dos, however you may need a third party utility

here maybe

http://lfntools.sourceforge.net/

 

[Lil' Dave]

Hi,

I installed XPSP3 on my system leaving 100MB free at the end of the disk.
I start XP, run disk management, select the empty part of the drive, tell
it to create a primary partition, and format it fat32. XP thinks
everything is

So now you have a 32GB FAT32 partition with empty space still on the hard
disk.

great. I copy files to the drive and reboot with a windows 98 boot disk.

That's a misnomer. Its a msdos (version 7) boot diskette.

The boot disk only see the fat16 filenames. Thislongfilename.txt became
Thislo~1.txt

Did I do something wrong?

Depends on what you were trying to do to begin with...
Msdos (real mode) can only use the 8.3 character filename.extension scheme,
and will only display same.

How do I get my long filenames back?
Would suspect that the filenames provided are still there.