80GB FAT32 1616 Responses

Last post: 2 years, 11 months ago | Thread started: Feb 19, 09, 5:02 a.m.

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• maximillion_

  Hi,

  I have a FAT32 ext Drive, single partition that has a 80GB capacity. It has been formatted without winxp (to avoid 32gb Fat32 limit) but I can only write up to 32gb's to the drive using winxp. the error msg says destination drive is full.

  Disk Management shows the full 80GB as Fat32 and healthy.

  Does anyone know why i cant write more than 32gbs?

  cheers

  Feb 19, 09, 5:02 a.m. – Permalink

• roundabout

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/…

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 5:10 a.m. – Permalink

• roundabout

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/…

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 5:12 a.m. – Permalink

• maximillion_

  ^ thanks , but the volume wasnt formatted using winxp and the fat32 - 32 gb limit imposed by winxp

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 5:14 a.m. – Permalink

• Fariska

  why fat 32? can't you just format it as NTFS?
  or this fat32 is mandatory?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 5:19 a.m. – Permalink

• maximillion_

  fariska, i would save myself the headache and use NTFS but FAT32 is mandatory to work with a wireless hub that will host the ext drive. any ideas?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 5:21 a.m. – Permalink

• maximillion_

  all the tech notes seem to say that winxp cant format a fat32 volume larger than 32gb but will support them? is this correct?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 5:25 a.m. – Permalink

• Corvo2

  what is originally formatted in FAT32. I've heard you can't reformat NTFS -> FAT properly.

  • what is=was it– Corvo21/2

    You have to go ntfs>fat32>fat16 but theres no good reason to go back to fat16– kalkal2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 8:50 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  "You cannot format a volume larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the Windows XP installation process. Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB by using the Format tool during Setup. If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system to format it."

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/…

  The 32GB limit seems to only be during the windows xp installation setup, not after you've installed..

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 8:55 a.m. – Permalink

• Corvo2

  What if you install win98 or format it in Linux? Would it work?

  • It /should/ work in XP, the issue is only bound to the xp install formatting section– kalkal1/2

    i mean install 98, format ext drive, then install XP again.– Corvo22/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 8:59 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  When I've had partitioning issues in the past, diskpart has always helped

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/…

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 9:01 a.m. – Permalink

• sputnik2

  seems like much ado about nothing to me

  • Losing 48GB on an 80GB drive is a big deal. Man.– kalkal

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 9:02 a.m. – Permalink

• Corvo2

  It also important if you are on a network. in FAT32 you can't set different permissions for different users.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 9:06 a.m. – Permalink

• jasonistaken

  Boot up some sort of live distro like Knoppix, partition and format, done.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 3:20 p.m. – Permalink

• erikjonsson

  fat32 is so damn old and shitty but most drives still comes preformatted like that.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 4:20 p.m. – Permalink

• fiesta

  Blame Microsoft for not opening up NTFS, everyone except microsoft has to reverse engineer the cunt

  

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  Dog-earFeb 20, 09, 6:01 a.m. – Permalink

• Corvo2

  I hear that w7 will have yet another file system. I just hope it's not another thing to add to the incompatibility lists.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 20, 09, 6:40 a.m. – Permalink