Max size USB HD for FAT32?
What is the maximum size of HD I can use in a USB-Drive when formatted
to FAT32?
I'm trying to format a 120G drive as one partition under Drive
Management and it gets to the 97% mark and says "Volume too big".
Windows 2000 of course (would it be any different under XP?).
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