Chapter 4: Files, Folders, and Programs

Partition Management

2.Press the Properties button. The Partition Properties dialog appears.

3.Press the Dismount button. The partition is dismounted. The asterisk disappears next to its name in the partitions list.

4.Press the Format button. The Format dialog appears:

5.Choose your format options. These options include:

Version of filesystem (FAT-12, for devices holding up to 32 MB; FAT- 16, for devices containing 16 MB to 4 GB; or FAT-32, for devices con- taining more than 32 MB).

Number of file-allocation tables.

Number of entries allowed in the root directory.

Cluster size (512 B to 64 kB).

There are also two checkboxes, which govern:

Whether to use the transaction-safe FAT filesystem (TFAT). This file- system keeps multiple copies of the file-allocation table, changing one while maintaining another as a backup.

Whether to perform a quick format. Quick formatting removes all ref- erence to data in the partition without erasing the actual partition. The partition will be treated as empty, and new data will overwrite it.

6.Press Start. The partition is formatted.

To mount a partition:

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