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" Should I format my Jaz or Zip disk with FAT32? Answer Iomega® does not support nor recommend the use of FAT32 formatting with Zip® or Jaz® disks. Warning: Data integrity maybe an issue using FAT32 formatting. Iomega recommends formatting Zip and Jaz disks with the IomegaWare™ software format option." WinXP wrongly allows me to format a ZIP-100 disk as FAT32, which ends up NOT bootable. Iomega ONLY recommends FAT & NOT FAT32 for ZIP/JAZZ disks. My conclusion then, is this; 1) MS's suggested minimum FAT32 partition size is 512MB 2) As a true HD, mathematically, 33MB is minimum for FAT32 partitions. 3) As a removable drive (ZIP/JAZZ) Iomega recommends ONLY FAT & NOT FAT 32 for such disks. Only issue I'd wonder about, is why does FreeDOS claims to have succeeded in formatting a ZIP 100 disk (formatted as FAT32) when in actual use such a disk fails to be bootable? I'll test that some more, today if I get a chance. -- Jim Lilly - Team Z http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/teamzBios.jsp Using - Virtual Access(OLR), ZAP 4.5, & WinXP Pro w/SP1 http://www.virtual-access.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel