What is FAT32X ??

[PSI]

I have bought a new computer, now I want to make new Partions on my 10 GB
Harddrive. But Partionmagic says I have a FAT32X - FAT. What's that and how
can I change that (into FAT32 - but without formating) ???

[Kirk Bubul]

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:11:29 +0100, PSI-S...@t-online.de (PSI)
wrote:

>I have bought a new computer, now I want to make new Partions on my 10 GB
>Harddrive. But Partionmagic says I have a FAT32X - FAT. What's that and how
>can I change that (into FAT32 - but without formating) ???
>

Above 8.4GB FAX32X rules; below it, FAT32. You repartition to
partitions smaller than 8.4GB, FAT32X will "go away" seamlessly.

It is the nature of the beast.

The smart ones may tell you the reasons why.

[jesus X]

I thought it was above ~2GB. I'm going to have to pull this issue up
again... =-]
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[Kirk Bubul]

As I understand it, FAT32 allows you to break out of the 2.1GB limit,
but stalls at 8.4GB if your hardware can't handle int 13 extensions.
If it can hand them then FAT32X kicks in and you can create a
partition greater than 8.4GB. (With 8K clusters).

[Lee Chapelle]

No FAT32 (vanilla flavor) is over 2 GB. Here's my info on FAT32X
http://www.webdev.net/orca/fat32x.htm
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jesus X <jes...@who.net> wrote in message news:36C43BFF...@who.net...

> Kirk Bubul wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:11:29 +0100, PSI-S...@t-online.de (PSI)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I have bought a new computer, now I want to make new Partions on my 10
GB
> > >Harddrive. But Partionmagic says I have a FAT32X - FAT. What's that and
how
> > >can I change that (into FAT32 - but without formating) ???
> > >
> > Above 8.4GB FAX32X rules; below it, FAT32. You repartition to
> > partitions smaller than 8.4GB, FAT32X will "go away" seamlessly.
> >
> > It is the nature of the beast.
> >
> > The smart ones may tell you the reasons why.
>
> I thought it was above ~2GB. I'm going to have to pull this issue up
> again... =-]

[Anthony Ward]

Here's a summary:

FAT16 - Limited to 2Gb or below (is wasteful over 1 Gb)
FAT32 - Limited to 8.4Gb
FAT32X - > 8.4 Gb. (Don't even ask!)

FAT32 and FAT32X are only available on WIn95 OSR2 or WIn98

Yours,
Tony

jesus X wrote in message <36C43BFF...@who.net>...

[Tom Pfeifer]

PSI wrote:
>
> I have bought a new computer, now I want to make new Partions on my 10 GB
> Harddrive. But Partionmagic says I have a FAT32X - FAT. What's that and how
> can I change that (into FAT32 - but without formating) ???

Partition Magic version 3 and below will not work with FAT32X
partitions. Version 4.0, released last fall, will.

FAT32X is the same as FAT32 except that some or all of the partition
exists beyond the 1024th cylinder on the disk which, in the most common
case, means beyond 8.4 GB.

FAT32X has to do with *where* the partition is located on the disk - not
with it's size, although it's true that any partition over 8.4GB needs
to be FAT32X by definition - and that is the most common situation where
people are running into it.

Tom