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Adam Ross
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 Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:02 am Post subject: some phat questions |
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FAT that is...
1.) Which one creates the FAT table, and which one writes to or on it?
FDISK or partitioning
2.) In order for a partition to be FAT32, which must be true? I need a
504MB partition OR do I need a 2.1GB partition at least?
2.b.)Say I'm running WIn95 FAT16 vers. only, can i convert it to FAT32? Why
would I?
3.) Win2k uses NTFS. Is this FAT16 or FAT32? I hear NTFS doesnt see FAT32,
becuz its based on old NT. TRUE?
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Ghost
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: some phat questions |
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In article <XQ2dnV81T8iqQ9OiXTWJhA@comcast.com>, "Adam Ross"
<somebody@somewhere.com> wrote:
| Quote: | FAT that is...
1.) Which one creates the FAT table, and which one writes to or on it?
FDISK or partitioning
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Invalid question. FDISK is a program that partitions the HDD
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2.) In order for a partition to be FAT32, which must be true? I need a
504MB partition OR do I need a 2.1GB partition at least?
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Invalid question. You can put a FAT32 partition on either size drive.
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2.b.)Say I'm running WIn95 FAT16 vers. only, can i convert it to FAT32? Why
would I?
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Win95b and above can go to FAT32. FAT32 is a better scheme because you
can see larger drives.
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3.) Win2k uses NTFS. Is this FAT16 or FAT32? I hear NTFS doesnt see FAT32,
becuz its based on old NT. TRUE?
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Invalid question, and totally untrue. NTFS is niether FAT16 nor FAT32- it
is NTFS. NTFS can see most any other partition scheme. FAT16 or FAT32
cannot see NTFS drives. |
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FredG
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Tom MacIntyre
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:39 am Post subject: Re: some phat questions |
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:19:33 GMT, user@user.com (Ghost) wrote:
| Quote: | In article <XQ2dnV81T8iqQ9OiXTWJhA@comcast.com>, "Adam Ross"
somebody@somewhere.com> wrote:
FAT that is...
1.) Which one creates the FAT table, and which one writes to or on it?
FDISK or partitioning
Invalid question. FDISK is a program that partitions the HDD
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Right indeed...
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2.) In order for a partition to be FAT32, which must be true? I need a
504MB partition OR do I need a 2.1GB partition at least?
Invalid question. You can put a FAT32 partition on either size drive.
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I think there is a limit at the smaller end, though? I can't remember
what it is...if I am right.
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2.b.)Say I'm running WIn95 FAT16 vers. only, can i convert it to FAT32? Why
would I?
Win95b and above can go to FAT32. FAT32 is a better scheme because you
can see larger drives.
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You also can use smaller allocation units, which results in more
useful HDD space on any given size drive, I think.
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3.) Win2k uses NTFS. Is this FAT16 or FAT32? I hear NTFS doesnt see FAT32,
becuz its based on old NT. TRUE?
Invalid question, and totally untrue. NTFS is niether FAT16 nor FAT32- it
is NTFS. NTFS can see most any other partition scheme. FAT16 or FAT32
cannot see NTFS drives.
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They can with third-party utilities, though. I haven't used these for
awhile, but a few years ago I used some utilities from
http://www.sysinternals.com
and/or
http://www.winternals.com
with a dual-boot NT4/W98 setup, and it worked well.
Tom |
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Barry Watzman
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:12 am Post subject: Re: some phat questions |
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I believe that you are incorrect on item #2. FDISK won't support FAT32
on a drive under 512 Megs. It can be done (with partition magic, for
example), but not with FDISK and Format as supplied by Microsoft.
Ghost wrote:
| Quote: | In article <XQ2dnV81T8iqQ9OiXTWJhA@comcast.com>, "Adam Ross"
somebody@somewhere.com> wrote:
FAT that is...
1.) Which one creates the FAT table, and which one writes to or on it?
FDISK or partitioning
Invalid question. FDISK is a program that partitions the HDD
2.) In order for a partition to be FAT32, which must be true? I need a
504MB partition OR do I need a 2.1GB partition at least?
Invalid question. You can put a FAT32 partition on either size drive.
2.b.)Say I'm running WIn95 FAT16 vers. only, can i convert it to FAT32? Why
would I?
Win95b and above can go to FAT32. FAT32 is a better scheme because you
can see larger drives.
3.) Win2k uses NTFS. Is this FAT16 or FAT32? I hear NTFS doesnt see FAT32,
becuz its based on old NT. TRUE?
Invalid question, and totally untrue. NTFS is niether FAT16 nor FAT32- it
is NTFS. NTFS can see most any other partition scheme. FAT16 or FAT32
cannot see NTFS drives. |
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Ghost
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:15 am Post subject: Re: some phat questions |
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#2 does not ask if FDISK can do it...
In article <3F50141A.9080400@neo.rr.com>, Barry Watzman
<Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I believe that you are incorrect on item #2. FDISK won't support FAT32
on a drive under 512 Megs. It can be done (with partition magic, for
example), but not with FDISK and Format as supplied by Microsoft.
Ghost wrote:
In article <XQ2dnV81T8iqQ9OiXTWJhA@comcast.com>, "Adam Ross"
somebody@somewhere.com> wrote:
FAT that is...
1.) Which one creates the FAT table, and which one writes to or on it?
FDISK or partitioning
Invalid question. FDISK is a program that partitions the HDD
2.) In order for a partition to be FAT32, which must be true? I need a
504MB partition OR do I need a 2.1GB partition at least?
Invalid question. You can put a FAT32 partition on either size drive.
2.b.)Say I'm running WIn95 FAT16 vers. only, can i convert it to FAT32? Why
would I?
Win95b and above can go to FAT32. FAT32 is a better scheme because you
can see larger drives.
3.) Win2k uses NTFS. Is this FAT16 or FAT32? I hear NTFS doesnt see FAT32,
becuz its based on old NT. TRUE?
Invalid question, and totally untrue. NTFS is niether FAT16 nor FAT32- it
is NTFS. NTFS can see most any other partition scheme. FAT16 or FAT32
cannot see NTFS drives. |
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JK_Deth
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:25 am Post subject: Re: some phat questions |
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Yes, you can, provided you know the proper switch. (by the way, format has
nothing to do with it, FDISK sets the partition type). If you can't figure
it out I'll tell you the switch later. Pffbt~~!
"Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3F50141A.9080400@neo.rr.com...
| Quote: | I believe that you are incorrect on item #2. FDISK won't support FAT32
on a drive under 512 Megs. It can be done (with partition magic, for
example), but not with FDISK and Format as supplied by Microsoft.
Ghost wrote:
In article <XQ2dnV81T8iqQ9OiXTWJhA@comcast.com>, "Adam Ross"
somebody@somewhere.com> wrote:
FAT that is...
1.) Which one creates the FAT table, and which one writes to or on
it?
FDISK or partitioning
Invalid question. FDISK is a program that partitions the HDD
2.) In order for a partition to be FAT32, which must be true? I
need a
504MB partition OR do I need a 2.1GB partition at least?
Invalid question. You can put a FAT32 partition on either size drive.
2.b.)Say I'm running WIn95 FAT16 vers. only, can i convert it to FAT32?
Why
would I?
Win95b and above can go to FAT32. FAT32 is a better scheme because you
can see larger drives.
3.) Win2k uses NTFS. Is this FAT16 or FAT32? I hear NTFS doesnt see
FAT32,
becuz its based on old NT. TRUE?
Invalid question, and totally untrue. NTFS is niether FAT16 nor FAT32-
it
is NTFS. NTFS can see most any other partition scheme. FAT16 or FAT32
cannot see NTFS drives.
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