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>>>>> "Lucite Lizard" <lzrd@reptileworld.org> wrote in message
>>>>> news:lpp7b15ba9luo3jf5hjgs33245u215fdma@4ax.com...
>>>>>> Have put together a new computer and am about to partition the HDD
>>>>>> using the FAT32 file system. However, I have read that WinXP will
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> allow for partitions larger than 32GB when using FAT32. Since my new
>>>>>> HDD is 250GB, that means I'll have about 8 different partitions if I
>>>>>> use the max 32GB limit. Yikes! I was thinking of using an old Win98
>>>>>> CD and using FDISK to divide the drive into 50GB partitions and then
>>>>>> install WinXP. Is it possible to it this way? Will WinXP still
>>>>>> recognize a 50GB partition and install and run properly? Any input
>>>>>> would be appreciated.
>>> "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OB1TeCAdFHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> The 64GB and 128GB limits apply to the maximum size of the partition
>>>> and the disk itself.
>>>> You can only create partitions to the maximum disk limit.
>>>> Fdisk will limit the maximum disk size to 128GB.
>>>> --
>>>> Ron Sommer
>> (Igor Leyko)" <ipigl@redline.ru> wrote in message
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>>> Hmm, I succesfully made 255 Gb partition using fdisk.
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> "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
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>> What cluster size did you use?
>> Are you using the partition for the operating system?
>> Do scandisk and defrag work on that partition?
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
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>>>> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:%232V%23JP$cFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Yes, it will work. This is valid to 64GB for the Win98's fdisk.
>>>>> There is an updated version that works up to 128GB at the MS site..
>>>>> Such partitions can have access from a msdos boot floppy diskette.
>>>>>
>>>>> NTFS is a better file system for a myriad of reasons. XP's NTFS is the
>>>>> 3rd version of NTFS. However, such partitions are not visible from a
>>>>> msdos boot floppy diskette.
(Igor Leyko)" <ipigl@redline.ru> wrote in message
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> Ron,
> I did this just for a test.
> Fdisk did it.
> Cluster size is setted during formatting not creating partition. Just for
> experiment I formatted it with 512 byte cluster.
> And Anna is right - there is no sense to use FAT32 in WinXP.
Well, I didn't say *exactly* that...
First of all, in a multi-boot scenario involving Win9x/Me & WinXP, there
*might* be good & sufficient reasons for creating FAT32 partition(s) in XP
for the obvious reason that *all* those OSs would be able to access the
FAT32 partition(s).
And let me cite these experiences I had sometime ago...
In at least two instances (perhaps a third one), two different clients were
using custom-made applications in their businesses. In both cases the
programs had been developed in a pre-XP OS and had been used in a FAT32 file
system environment. They had never been updated after XP came on the scene
and the developers of those programs were long since gone. When the clients
went to a XP OS with the NTFS file system the programs just didn't work. All
sorts of problems & issues raised their ugly heads. We tried XP's so-called
"compatibility mode" but no go. It was only when we established a FAT32
partition and installed the programs in that partition that these programs
worked without problems. (The 128 GB barrier was not an issue here). I
should point out that the experiences I speak of occurred prior to SP1/SP2
so I don't know if those updates would have had any effect on the original
problems. We were never able to discern why the problems we encountered with
these programs occurred in NTFS and not FAT32, but we left well enough alone
after we were able to get them working in FAT32.
But I would certainly agree that NTFS is the preferred file system where a
user is working solely in an XP environment.
Anna
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