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kilgoretrout · 06-23-2006, 07:05 AM

EzyStvy undoubtedly has this one nailed. Just to expand winxp will not create a FAT32 partition greater than 32GB but it can see and use FAT32 partitions greater than 32GB created by other partitioning tools. This was built into winxp and win2k in order to encourage the use of NTFS. If you want to install to a FAT32 partition greater than 32GB, you will have to create that partition before doing the winxp install and install to the existing partition.

06-23-2006, 07:05 AM	#3
kilgoretrout Member (11 bit) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,524	EzyStvy undoubtedly has this one nailed. Just to expand winxp will not create a FAT32 partition greater than 32GB but it can see and use FAT32 partitions greater than 32GB created by other partitioning tools. This was built into winxp and win2k in order to encourage the use of NTFS. If you want to install to a FAT32 partition greater than 32GB, you will have to create that partition before doing the winxp install and install to the existing partition.