Re: "Volume too big" when formating in Fat32
- From: Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:38:30 -0700
mikesmith9999@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I would like to format a hard disk that is bigger than 32GB. I have XP
and don't have a floppy disk. Please tell me what to do. Thanks.
Format the hard disk as NTFS. By design, WinXP cannot create and format a new partition greater than 32 Gb. This is because NTFS is the superior file system, and not nearly as wasteful of drive space. (If you make a FAT32 partition larger than 8 Gb, you're "throwing away" significant amounts of storage capacity.
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