Re: Can WinXP Pro format a 160 G Partition with Fat32 correctly?

From: Clark (cur_at_sw.net)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:27:40 GMT

Thanks everyone. Just getting ready to build a new computer!

Clark

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:%23TzPcEiAEHA.2808@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> In news:1OG1c.7520$_91.7231@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com,
> Clark <cur@swbell.net> typed:
>
> > What I think I know:
> >
> > Most Bios can handle the larger drives, if not an update
> probably
> > will.
> >
> > WinXP can handle a 160 G partition using NTFS file system.
> >
> > WinXP can handle a 160 G partition using Fat 32 only if SP1 is
> > installed.
> >
> > The question is, can WinXP correctly format a 160 G partition
> using
> > Fat 32 on a new installation where the formatting is done
> without SP1?
>
>
> It's not a matter of "correctly" and it's also not a matter of
> SP1. Windows XP, SP1 or not, will not create a FAT32 partition
> larger than 32GB under any circumstances.
>
> However, it will happily use a larger FAT32 partition if it is
> first created externally (for example with fdisk from Windows 98
> or Me).
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

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