About hard drives

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

You miss out on quite alot then.. it is good to search and can lead to other
things that you didn't know that you didn't know..


"CHEESEHEADMAN" <CHEESEHEADMAN.1h134y@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:CHEESEHEADMAN.1h134y@pcbanter.net...
>
> Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers Wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> See:
>>
>> Description of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310525
>>
>> Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=100108
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "CHEESEHEADMAN" CHEESEHEADMAN.1gj14z@pcbanter.net wrote in message
>> news:CHEESEHEADMAN.1gj14z@pcbanter.net...-
>>
>> Drive capacity Cluster size
>> 0 up to 6 gb 4k
>> 6 gb up to 16 gb 8k
>> 16 gb up to 32 gb 16k
>> 32 gb up to2048 gb 32k
>>
>> Why do these cluster sizes change as the hard drive size changes?
>>
>> What are the maximum hard drive sizes for fat16, fat32, and ntfs?
>> What causes these limitations to be diferant for each of the fat
>> systems?
>>
>> Thanks CHEESEHEADMAN
>>
>>
>> --
>> CHEESEHEADMAN-
> Thanks alot The links told me all I needed to know. I hate to search
> the internet you get so many diferent links to check out. This is the
> first time I used this forum and it has alot of good information I'll
> be coming back again. Again Thanks CHEESEHEADMAN
>
>
> --
> CHEESEHEADMAN