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

Keep it under 127.5GB if your planning on using win98SE as a potential.

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"Bun" <xxx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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