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Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In
Chapter 7: Format the Built-in HDD via USB
If the assembled HDD is not formatted, a PC will not detect the hard disk drive. If your harddisk is not formatted,follow the below mentioned instructions.
File System features
Please refer to the tables below for an overview:
File systems supported by different operating systems
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Windows 98SE | yes | yes | not supported | |
Windows ME | yes | yes | not supported | |
Windows 2000 | yes | yes | yes | |
Windows XP | yes | yes | yes | |
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Maximum size of a partition |
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File system | FAT | FAT32 | NTFS | |
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Windows 98SE
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
2 GB | 60 GB *1, 2 | n.a. |
2 GB | 2 TB *2 | n.a. |
4 GB *3 | 32 GB | 16 TB |
4 GB *3 | 32 GB | 16 TB |
*1: A patch for Windows 98SE is required for hard disk larger than 60 GB. Further information and an update to fix this problem can be found in article 263044 of the "Microsoft Knowledge Base"on the Microsoft Website under http://support.microsoft.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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