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Windows XP and 64GB flash drives
In article , "R.Wieser" wrote:
GMAN, My apologies, I should have been more clear in the specifics of it. Luckily I provided a link to an MS webpage with all the details .... :-) Regards, Rudy Wieser Hey, no need to appologise, we are all here to put our 2 cents in and help eachother. |
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Windows XP and 64GB flash drives
In article , VanguardLH wrote:
"R.Wieser" wrote: The problem seems to lie in the fact that XP cannot *format* a drive larger than 32 GB. That's a limitation of formatting using FAT32 on the flash drive. The format command in Windows XP won't *create* a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB in size; however, that doesn't preclude you from using 3rd party partition managers to enlarge that partition to encompass the rest of the available free space on the device. Even if you create and then enlarge a FAT32 partition, you will still have the limit of 4GB for the maximum size of a file. If you convert to NTFS then there is no such limit. If you format as an NTFS partition on the flash drive, there isn't the 32GB limitation. Under NTFS, you also won't incur the 4GB maximum size for a file. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/format-usb-drive/ Exactly, so basically if you are going to use that flash drive on any system Xp or newer, you might as well format it NTFS |
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Windows XP and 64GB flash drives
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:04:40 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
From the MS webpage to that update: "The exFAT file system is the *successor* to FAT32 in the FAT family of file systems" That could mean that exFAT is only usable on other machines having that patch. It would be a good idea to check .... For specific flash media like SDXC you need that patch anyway. Also read other posts he Although XP cannot format drives larger than 32 GB with FAT32 there are other programs (including w98's FORMAT) which does not have that limitation. Windows 98's FORMAT is actually a DOS program and it cannot format flash drives, because Microsoft DOS doesn't support them. So digging out tools from the stone age doesn't help. But of course there are mkdosfs and others. Joseph |
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Windows XP and 64GB flash drives
On 21 Aug 2012 20:05:48 GMT, Joseph Terner
put finger to keyboard and composed: Windows 98's FORMAT is actually a DOS program and it cannot format flash drives, because Microsoft DOS doesn't support them. I use Win98Se, and it FDISKs and FORMATs USB drives just fine. In fact I set up a 320GB USB HDD using Win98SE. And, BTW, DOS drivers for USB storage devices do exist. I use them. :-) - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Windows XP and 64GB flash drives
"R.Wieser" wrote:
Vanguard, The format command in Windows XP won't *create* a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB in size; FORMAT does not *create* such a partition, FDISK(/the equivalent on XP) does. Yep, you're right. It's the FDISK command that creates partitions. It is the FORMAT command (that you use to layout a particular file system within a partition), as you noted via the MS KB article, that won't structure a partition larger than 32GB. |
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Windows XP and 64GB flash drives
"R.Wieser" wrote:
Joseph Terner ... Daniel Prince wrote: Someone told me that Windows XP will not work with 64GB flash drives. Is that true? Thank you in advance for all replies. It works after installing the Exfat IFS driver (KB955704) via Windows Update. From the MS webpage to that update: "The exFAT file system is the *successor* to FAT32 in the FAT family of file systems" That could mean that exFAT is only usable on other machines having that patch. It would be a good idea to check .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfat#Disadvantages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfat#S...ther_platforms The OP is asking about removable storage media. exFAT is usable only if using the flash drive on other Windows or mobile hosts where exFAT is supported or support has been added. Good luck with that. |
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