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Topic: Re: Q. FAT32 File Size Limit and NTFS running on FAT Boot Drives
Steve Le Monnier wrote:
> Is it possible to have Widows boot up on FAT32 but have a D drive
> running NTFS at the same time?
Yes.
> If so does it matter that the Boot
> drive is not NTFS when the windows kernel is creating the backup
> file,
No.
Windows XP can read and use NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, and FAT12, in any and all
combinations--separately or together-- and regardless of what file system it
itself is installed on.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Q. FAT32 File Size Limit and NTFS running on FAT Boot Drives
My Running Windows XP-SP2. My Hard Disk is running under FAT32 because I'm
using the HyperOS System that allows me to configure multiple versions of
windows for different scenarios. My Configuration is as follows:
C: 6GB Master Boot (Emergency use only).
D: 20GB WindowsXP Live (main windows drive for MSOffice, Internet,
etc.).
E: 20GB WindowsXP Development (used for SQL05, VStudio05, etc.).
F: 160GB Data Drive (used by all of the above drives to store data).
The question I have is that the HyperOS software allows me to backup an
entire partition and restore extremely quickly, however the size of the
backup file has now breached the 4GB FAT32 file limit.
Is it possible to have Widows boot up on FAT32 but have a D drive running
NTFS at the same time? If so does it matter that the Boot drive is not NTFS
when the windows kernel is creating the backup file, or is it the final
destination that determines how big a file can be.
Any clarification gratefully received.
Steve Le Monnier
Re: Q. FAT32 File Size Limit and NTFS running on FAT Boot Drives
"Steve Le Monnier" <steve_lemon@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My Running Windows XP-SP2. My Hard Disk is running under FAT32 because I'm
> using the HyperOS System that allows me to configure multiple versions of
> windows for different scenarios. My Configuration is as follows:
>
> C: 6GB Master Boot (Emergency use only).
> D: 20GB WindowsXP Live (main windows drive for MSOffice, Internet,
> etc.).
> E: 20GB WindowsXP Development (used for SQL05, VStudio05, etc.).
> F: 160GB Data Drive (used by all of the above drives to store data).
>
> The question I have is that the HyperOS software allows me to backup an
> entire partition and restore extremely quickly, however the size of the
> backup file has now breached the 4GB FAT32 file limit.
>
> Is it possible to have Widows boot up on FAT32 but have a D drive running
> NTFS at the same time? If so does it matter that the Boot drive is not
NTFS
> when the windows kernel is creating the backup file, or is it the final
> destination that determines how big a file can be.
>
> Any clarification gratefully received.
>
> Steve Le Monnier
You can have any mix of FAT/FAT32/NTFS partitions
under Windows. As you found out, you cannot write any
files larger than 4 GBytes on a FAT32 partition.
Re: Q. FAT32 File Size Limit and NTFS running on FAT Boot Drives
Cheers Ken
That puts my mind at rest given that switching my data drive to NTFS is a
one way process and difficult to reverse.
Cheers
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> Steve Le Monnier wrote:
>
>
>> Is it possible to have Widows boot up on FAT32 but have a D drive
>> running NTFS at the same time?
>
>
> Yes.
>
>
>> If so does it matter that the Boot
>> drive is not NTFS when the windows kernel is creating the backup
>> file,
>
>
> No.
>
> Windows XP can read and use NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, and FAT12, in any and all
> combinations--separately or together-- and regardless of what file system
> it itself is installed on.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
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