200 gb hdd partitions-part 2

[Joe Clever]

I should have done a little more checking before I jumped in here. It
appears that it is the native formatting tools of xp and 2000 that are
the limiting factor for fat32 partition creation of 32GB.  There are
some other limitations which are talked about in MS KB articles. It
looks like you can read and write larger partitions under these OS's,
just not create them.


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[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Joe Clever
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 3:22 PM
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Subject: RE: 200 gb hdd partitions



I believe that windows xp and 2000 only support fat32 partitions of
maximum 32GB.  I have been wrestling with this problem with a 160GB
USB drive, and just stumbled across this limitation. I was
experiencing all kinds of bizarre problems with partitioning and which
OS could recognize it.


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[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 2:19 PM
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Subject: 200 gb hdd partitions


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Speaking of partitions.  I have a 200 gb hdd which I'd like to format
as fat32 so that I can read/write to and from Linux 
and Windows.  Is it safe to partition such a large size as one
partition or should I break it down to smaller ones like 
perhaps 2 or 3 partitions for the whole drive?

Thanks.

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