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Old July 28th 07, 09:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general,alt.windows98
Ron Martell
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Default Windows 98 large file-count tests on large volume (500 gb hard drive)

98 Guy wrote:

File copy test - Windows 98


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chkdsk c:

487,431,968 kilobytes total disk space
52,323,392 kilobytes free

4096 bytes in each allocation unit
121,857,992 total allocation units on disk
13,080,848 available allocation units on disk


The FAT32 implementation provides for 28 bits to be used for cluster
numbers, which means that it is possible to have up to 268,435,445
total clusters on a drive.

Smaller limitations are the result of the tools (FDISK & Format for
example) normally used to create FAT32 drives.

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