Sorry, I thought the big FAT32 partitions were a Win2K option, not for 98, Me or XP users and yes - it's 4GB, the 2Gb bit is applications such as Outlook .PSTs
Also - the NTFS being better is more a matter of their usage NTFS gives you: File ownership and access control by user Large files > 4GB so you can create a 4.5Gb, or 8.5Gb DVD ISO image Data for very small files held in the MFT area, so they don't take up a space allocation unit Hard links - if you are brave enough to use them The means to have data (and it's space allocations) hidden by making them subsidiary parts of files And - remember copy a file consisting of multiple streams, and the system only copies the primary (visible to explorer) stream Sparse files where disk space isn't allocated for missing parts of a file. Encrypted partitions - and what was the keyword? Have real fun - setup several thousand alternate streams, get the primary parts sparsely allocated by only setting data at the start, and 2GB locations , not forgetting to give each of them a large number of hard links in subdirectories. Now watch somebody try to copy that to a FAT32 partition, CD or a DVD FAT at least lets you order and group directories for speedier access JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slattery, Tim - BLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:51 PM Subject: Re: copying old ata to sata > partition images Also with FAT32 partitions there is a limit > to the max size of the partition (about 30B), and files of > about 2GB There are limits, but not these. A FAT32 partition can theoretically be as large as 8 terabytes. WinXP will not create a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB, because NTFS is available there and is a *much* better choice for large partitions. FAT32 doesn't really scale all that well. But you can create very large FAT32 partitions in Win98 or WinME (presumable also with Partition Magic and other third party programs) and WinXP will happily use these partitions. The largest file a FAT32 partition can handle is 4GB, minus a few bytes IIRC. Look here for file system size limits: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/core /fncc_fil_tvjq.mspx?mfr=true -- Tim Slattery [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
