WinNT supports FAT16 but not FAT32. You will have to use NTFS for partitions over 2 GB.

Daniel Tan wrote:
>
> I installed a secondary drive and partition it to 2 partitions, each
> 10gb. When i tried to format the drive using FAT in NT 4, it doesn't
> allow me to format but only using NTFS. Pls advise. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
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> WinNT supports FAT16 but not FAT32. You will have to use NTFS for
partitions over 2 GB.
>
> Daniel Tan wrote:
> >
> > I installed a secondary drive and partition it to 2 partitions, each
> > 10gb. When i tried to format the drive using FAT in NT 4, it doesn't
> > allow me to format but only using NTFS. Pls advise. Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daniel
>



actually NT4 is an exception the the fat(16) rule

you can have a fat partition on NT4 of up to 4 gigs ...but no more

"philo" wrote in message
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>
> "Mike Walsh" wrote in message
> news:3FB272D9.785F6E71@sbcglobal.net...
> >
> > WinNT supports FAT16 but not FAT32. You will have to use NTFS for
> partitions over 2 GB.
> >
> > Daniel Tan wrote:
> > >
> > > I installed a secondary drive and partition it to 2 partitions, each
> > > 10gb. When i tried to format the drive using FAT in NT 4, it doesn't
> > > allow me to format but only using NTFS. Pls advise. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Daniel
> >
>
>
>
> actually NT4 is an exception the the fat(16) rule
>
> you can have a fat partition on NT4 of up to 4 gigs ...but no more
>
>

.. . . but only if you create it during the installation of NT4. AFAIR,
you cannot go beyond 2 GBytes once NT4 is up and running.

On 2003-11-12, Daniel Tan wrote:

> I installed a secondary drive and partition it to 2 partitions, each
> 10gb. When i tried to format the drive using FAT in NT 4, it doesn't
> allow me to format but only using NTFS. Pls advise. Thanks.

FAT only supports a 2GB maximum partition size. FAT32 would support a
larger partition size, but WinNT v4 does not support FAT32. Bummer.

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-John (JohnThompson@new.rr.com)

"John Thompson" wrote in message
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> On 2003-11-12, Daniel Tan wrote:
>
> > I installed a secondary drive and partition it to 2 partitions, each
> > 10gb. When i tried to format the drive using FAT in NT 4, it doesn't
> > allow me to format but only using NTFS. Pls advise. Thanks.
>
> FAT only supports a 2GB maximum partition size. FAT32 would support a
> larger partition size, but WinNT v4 does not support FAT32. Bummer.
>
> --
>
> -John (JohnThompson@new.rr.com)

You can buy a FAT32 driver for WinNT from www.sysinternals.com. It's
very cheap!

> >
>
> . . . but only if you create it during the installation of NT4. AFAIR,
> you cannot go beyond 2 GBytes once NT4 is up and running.
>
>

partition magic 8 has an option in general preferences to
allow 64k clusters in fat
it will be usable for NT/2K/XP
but not readable by win3x/9x


as far as doing so from disk management... i have no idea