200 gb hdd partitions-part 2

[ameer armaly]

I've heard that  the  max size of a fat32 partition is several tb.

On Sun, 23 May 2004, Joe Clever wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Joe Clever
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 3:22 PM
> To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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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
> To: Speakup Mailing-list
> 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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