Re: OEM hard drive questions -- PCTECH

Subject: Re: OEM hard drive questions
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:43:36 -0500
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Mike wrote:

XP = NTFS. It supports large files.

XP also supports FAT32. But it does have a file size limit.

Also, when you format a drive in XP with FAT32, it will only let you format a limited amount of the drive. There's no technical reason for this. M$ just decided to force you to NTFS if you want to format a large drive.

Formatting the drive in Linux to FAT32 will work for most modern drives.

david

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