"ML" wrote:

I read online that FAT32 allows 4TB partition limitation.

Top-poster Andrew wrote:

thats for NTFS. the limit for FAT32 is well 32GB.

If you are trying to say that the limit for FAT32 is 32 gb, you are
wrong. You can create a fat-32 partition that is 500 gb in size with no
problem - and even modify it so it has a 4k cluster size - AND you can
install Windows-98 on it if it's a SATA drive.

If you are trying to say that Win-2k or Win-XP will NOT ALLOW YOU to
create a fat32 partition larger than 32 gb, then yes that is correct,
but that is an intentional limitation imposed by Microsoft on 2K and XP
and has nothing to do with any real limitation of FAT32. If you create
a FAT32 partition larger than 32 gb (using dos or other tools) then you
can connect that partition to a machine running 2K or XP and it will
function just fine.

if you use a modification, the limit is 137GB, or things may start
to be lost / corrupted.

If you have an IDE (PATA) drive, and you *don't* use any modifications,
then yes the limit is 137 gb (or 128 gb, depending on how you define a
gb).

IF you have a specially modified ESDI_506.PDR driver file, or if you
have a SATA drive, then you can use partitions larger than 137 gb on a
win-98 system.

Note also that the original version of XP could not handle drives larger
than 137 gb. Not sure about win-2k.