I still partition my drive into virtual drives. The advantage is smaller
scan times for things like scan disk, Windoze Explorer etc. It probably
still helps cluster size.
Gregg
From: "Rand E
> I believe that there is an upper limit to HD size but it's high enough
> to be of little concern for almost all individuals. I have recently
> found out some details about FAT32 that MS didn't widely publicize. The
> cluster size still grows quite rapidly even in what are now considered
> moderately sized drives. Remember that from eariler Windows ?
> Rand E.
>
>
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> RobBurn@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 7/03/2000 3:01:36 AM, foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > writes:
> >
> > << I have fat 32 with no problems. Is there an upper limit of 20Gb with
Fat32?
> >
> > Foxy >>
> >
> > No, as far as I know there is no limit with Window98+ using FAT 32.
AFAIK
> > there's no limit on the number of sectors which can be formatted with
FAT 32.
> > The limit is in the software or the BIOS. Some BIOSs, and I think
Windows**,
> > will only allow a partition of a certain size to be formatted in FAT 16,
but
> > that limit is removed in FAT 32 formatting. As some mentioned, some HD
makers
> > (Maxtor for one) use software to change the BIOS to allow higher
partitions.
> >
> > Robert
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