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[b11_]

What is the difference between FAT and FAT32?

 

[glee]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=difference+between+fat+and+fat32&btnG=Google+Search

http://www.computerhope.com/fat32.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/core/fncc_fil_weol.mspx

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/fileFAT32-c.html

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"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the difference between FAT and FAT32?

 

[Tim Slattery]

b11_ <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>What is the difference between FAT and FAT32?

Limits. They both use the same structures and concepts to organize
data on your disk, but many things that were kept track of in 16-bit
words in FAT (or FAT16) are done with 32-bit words in FAT32. The
result is that the maximum partition size jumps from 2.1GB to a couple
of terabytes. The root directory maximum size also grew, from 512
entries to 65,536 (same as any other directory).

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