James Wilkinson wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> Just a minor correction - 32Gb is an artificial limit that XP has >> when creating FAT32 partitions. I have used Windows 98 with a 60Gb >> FAT32 partition with no problems. > > Ever tried debugging it with the built-in defragger? *That's* what can't > cope with more than 32 GB in a partition, and that was why Win 98 had > the artificial limit. > > With XP, I suspect Microsoft just wanted people to have a reason to move > to NTFS. > > James. > Well, I usually use Norton Speeddisk to defragment Windows 98 systems because it does a lot better job then defrag, but I have not had problems using defrag on 60Gb partitions. But Windows XP may have problems with partitions that size. I have not used large FAT32 partitions on XP. (Or used XP much at all...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
