For large drives don't use anything other than NTFS. FAT32 partitions
larger than 32MB can be created but Microsoft didn't want you to do
that. They are very inefficient. That's why the non-arbitrary size
restriction is there. FAT and FAT32 are very efficient for sequential
access but very inefficient for random access and get less and less
efficient as the drive gets larger and larger.
But read my other mail on this subject. Get another computer.
Chuck Norcutt
Brian Swale wrote:
> The article referenced in my previous e-mail (Mosaddiques Web Pages)
> begins with this section
>
>> Working With Large Hard Drives - The issues and the Limits
>>
>> WinXP & Win2k - FAT32 format limitations
>>
>> A few points one must understand about creating and using FAT32 partitions
>> in Windows XP or Windows 2000. There are limitations which are there by
>> design.
>>
>> WinXP & Win2k cannot create FAT32 partitions larger than 32 GB.
>>
>> WinXP & Win2k cannot format FAT32 partitions larger than 32 GB.
>>
>> WinXP & Win2k will happily use larger ones created using Win95R2, Win98 or
>> WinME.
>>
>> If you want to use large FAT32 partitions in WinXP / Win2k then create
>> them and format them using Win95R2, Win98 or WinME boot floppies or
>> bootable CDs. You can also use third party partitioning tools like
>> partition magic, or any other, that support creating and formatting of
>> FAT32 partitions. However, see later for limitations imposed by the old
>> ATA protocol.
>>
>> You can obviously create large NTFS partitions instead.
>
> He does however go into more detail later on.
>
> Two questions for those of you who have installed large hard drives;
>
> (a)How did you format them?
>
> (b)How do you get your O/S to recognise and work with them?
>
> Brian Swale.
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