Re: NTFS or FAT32 on 100GB partition (Win2000Pro)

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And what is maximum size of FAT32 partiton?
"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx> píse v diskusním príspevku
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> On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:02:00 +0200, Bun wrote:
>
> > Hi to all,
> >
> > Is it safe to format HardDisc larger then 100GB with FAT32 filesystem???
> > I'm going to install new 160GB drive and i dont know what kind of file
> > system i have to choice.
> > I will make there three partitons. First (about 40GB) for system, second
> > (about 2GB) for Win's virtual memory and thrird (about 110GB) for data.
But
> > I dont know in what kind of file system, i have to format them. I want
to
> > format all partitions with FAT32, because i still dont know if i will
> > install there W98SE or Win2000.
> >
> > THX
> > Bun
>
> It's possible to format a large drive using FAT32 but there would be an
> enormous amount of waste with the resulting cluster size. One of the
> reasons that XP will not *create* a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB is
due
> to this efficiency factor.
>
> NOTE: XP can work with FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB but it will not
> create them.
>
> Description of Default Cluster Size for FAT32 File System:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192322
>
> Also, there is no good reason or performance gain dedicating a partition
on
> the same hard drive for the system's pagefile. An informative article
about
> virtual memory in XP: http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
>
>
> If you have a program such as PhotoShop, that likes having its own scratch
> file, a small partition could be used for that purpose. Photoshop will
work
> without a dedicated scratch file area. Just be sure to leave plenty of
> empty and contiguous space for the program to use.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User


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