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CHAPTER 5: Partitioning your FHD-1

5.1 General information

Your FHD-1 was partitioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility. FAT32 was chosen as file system to assure that you will be able to read your files on any PC. It is recommended not to change the current configuration of your FHD-1.

For some users another file system might fit better for their needs. This manual describes current limitations of most common file systems and Instructions to enable you to adapt the FHD-1 to your needs.

5.2 File System features

Please refer to the tables below for an overview:

File systems supported by different operating systems

File system

FAT

FAT32

NTFS

Operating system

Windows 98SE

yes

yes

not supported

Windows ME

yes

yes

not supported

Windows 2000

yes

yes

yes

Windows XP

yes

yes

yes

 

 

 

 

Maximum size of a partition

 

 

 

 

 

 

File system

FAT

FAT32

NTFS

Operating system

Windows 98SE

2 GB

60 GB *1, 2

n.a.

Windows ME

2 GB

2 TB *2

n.a.

Windows 2000

4 GB *3

32 GB

16 TB

Windows XP

4 GB *3

32 GB

16 TB

 

 

 

 

*1: A patch for Windows 98SE is required for hard disk larger than 60 GB. This patch can be downloaded at www.freecom.com.

*2: Hard disk capacity will not be displayed correctly by fdisk!

*3: FAT partitions larger than 2 GB can only be administrated by Windows 2000/ XP.

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