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Last answer on Sep 17, 2009 8:16:47 am BST joe, on May 31, 2009 9:26:23 am BST 
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Hello,
I am currently a student just starting on my A+ I know this is small potatoes but I was given a homework assignment as thus: "find out the MAXIMUM partition sizes for a FAT system,a FAT32 system and an NTFS system. Now the instructor did not specify whether this was in a Windows format or not..but I must assume so can anyone give me these correct answers?

I am going to call him in the morning to verify it is within the windows OS but need the info . can anyone help?--thanx--Joe

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crazesix, on May 31, 2009 11:58:44 am BST

Hi,
try these links to get help from microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/118335
http://support.microsoft.com/...

   
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longtail, on Aug 13, 2009 3:49:36 pm BST
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The maximum FAT32 partition can be created in disk management is 32GB, but you can use third party product like EASEUS Partition master to create 2TB FAT32 partition. But due to MBR disk limitation, you can only create 2TB FAT32 or NTFS partition, as the larggest MBR disk is 2TB.

   
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 explorer, on Sep 17, 2009 8:16:47 am BST

Yes, longtail says right, the maximum size of fat32 in disk management is 32 Gb, and if the hard disk is mbr disk, the maximun size of fat32 or ntf file system is limited to 2tb

   
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