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[Guest]

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as hard disks are getting bigger, what is the max size that WinXP will
support using FAT32?

 

[JohnJ]

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Hi Danny,

Using FAT32, Windows XP can format upto 32 GB. However, it does not mean
that it won't support HDDS larger than 32 GB. You can mount HDDs larger
than 32GB formatted using other operating systems, and load them with XP.

JohnJ

"D@annyBoy" <dxb@home.cyozm> wrote in message
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> as hard disks are getting bigger, what is the max size that WinXP will
> support using FAT32?
>

 

[Guest]

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JohnJ wrote:
> Hi Danny,
>
> Using FAT32, Windows XP can format upto 32 GB. However, it does not mean
> that it won't support HDDS larger than 32 GB. You can mount HDDs larger
> than 32GB formatted using other operating systems, and load them with XP.
>
> JohnJ
>
> "D@annyBoy" <dxb@home.cyozm> wrote in message
> news:eO%23yDETKFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
>>as hard disks are getting bigger, what is the max size that WinXP will
>>support using FAT32?
>>
>
>
>

With FAT32, the max. size of a single file is ~4GB.
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Cheers, Bob