FAT16 has a theoretical limit of 4Gb, although it is recommended that you keep to 2Gb or less because some software does not handle 4Gb correctly.
FAT32 has a theoretical limit of about 4TB, but limitations can come from other directions. For instance under Windows XP, Disk Manager will not let you set up or format a partition larger than 200Gb. However if you do it using 3rd party software this limit does not apply - and Windows XP will handle the larger size disks quite happily - I know of a friend who has a 750Gb FAT32 disk. That leaves open the question of what Win98SE can really handle. As at the time that Win98SE was common the larger disk sizes were not around I am not sure that it is clear what is the largest size that can be handled. It really needs someone who is running Win98SE to plug in a large disk and see what is the largest size that FDISK allows you to allocate to a FAT32 partition and that can then be successfully formatted. If no-one knows for certain I could do some tests. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dilwyn Jones Sent: 19 February 2007 17:25 To: QL Users List Subject: [ql-users] win98se I'm trying to help someone put QLay onto a PC they've bought and need a reminder on what is the largest hard disk Win98SE can format - is it 6GB, 20GB or what? WinXP can of course handle big disks, but from memory I seem to remember than Win98SE can't do NTFS format, for example - this person wants to install a new hard disk before he puts his emulator on and needs advice on what is the largest capacity of hard disk it can format. -- Dilwyn Jones _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
