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Format large Fat32 volumes in Panther
Authored by: fds on Jul 28, '04 11:58:26AM

It is also untrue that WinXP cannot create FAT32 volumes greater than 32 GB. Of course it can.



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No you can't...
Authored by: ptremond on Jul 28, '04 12:18:13PM

According to the MS support website, you cannot format a partition larger than 32 GB in XP, though it is able to support partitions larger than 32 GB.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q314/4/63.asp&NoWebContent=1



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Format large Fat32 volumes in Panther
Authored by: silverkeeper on Jul 28, '04 06:28:14PM

Disk Management only lets you create FAT32 partitions up to 32GB; anything larger must/should be NTFS.

The only way to create a larger FAT32 partition within XP is to use 3rd party formatting tool.

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Format large Fat32 volumes in Panther
Authored by: jazap on Nov 14, '04 08:52:54PM

Actually, no, by default windows XP will not let you format any drive over 32Gb on Fat32, you have to get a utility to do it. you cant even do it in dos, here's the printout if you try.

C:\>format I: /fs:fat32 /q
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Enter current volume label for drive I: MyCrap

WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE I: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y
QuickFormatting 76319M
The volume is too big for FAT32.

C:\>





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