Am I correct in thinking that FAT 32 will only allow filesizes up to 4 gig? If so, would I have to format the drive into NTFS?
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The maximum file size on a FAT32 formatted partition is
4 GB or 4,294,967,296 bytes minus 2 bytes. [Edited by rik1471 - 7/23/2003 10:31:44 PM] |
You sure ?
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm If you're talking of filesizes over 4GB then you want to use NTFS anyway for the reliability. [Edited by DSOTM - 7/23/2003 10:38:38 PM] |
I thought FAT16 had the 4GB limit?
AFAIK FAT32 has a 2TB limit, i.e. 2048GB. |
So I will have to reformat as NTFS?
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Errr no, you should be able to format up to 2048 GB using FAT32.
Might also depend on whether or not your BIOS can handle that size. |
Ooops sorry just reread that it is filesizes you want not disk sizes :o Sorry!!!!
Then yes, I think there is a 4GB limit on filesize, so you will probably need to go to NTFS. NTFS allows 2TB. rik1471 was right (should have read the post properly before posting!) |
Thats true, but he's talking about a filesize of 4GB, not a partition size.
Formatting a partition of 2T will still only allow a file size of 4GB max. Anything bigger, you will have to use NTFS. EDIT : Dammit, can people stop editing their post when i'm replying :D [Edited by DSOTM - 7/23/2003 10:50:37 PM] |
And nope, you can convert to NTFS without losing any data.
You just won't be able to convert back without using something like Partition Magic. |
:p
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