Re: FDisk

From: Barry Watzman (WatzmanNOSPAM_at_neo.rr.com)
Date: 04/07/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:31:13 -0400
To: "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com>

While some video applications may need partitions over 32 gigs (I have
an 80 gig partition for video editing only), in general large video
files MUST be NTFS anyway.

Microsoft has limited the ability of their software to CREATE FAT32
partitions over 32 gigs, but if such a partition is created with non-MS
software (Partition Magic, for just example), the will support using it.

However, FAT32 partitions over even 16 gig start to have real, and
sometimes serious issues in terms of efficiency and performance. I
strongly recommend not creating such partitions.

Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) wrote:

> Of course that presupposes someone wants or needs a partition over 32GB!:-)
> Of course, with the advent Media Center PCs and the ability to use a PC as
> you would a PVR, it certainly isn't out of the realm of possibility.
>
> Given the price of BootIt and certainly Partition Magic, if that were my
> only reason for acquiring the application, at least under normal
> circumstances, I'd either stick with 32GB or find some other means of
> getting around the limitation.
>

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