What is this FAT32 I keep hearing about?
FAT32 is a new feature introduced by Microsoft to reduce wasted cluster space. You can find FAT 32 in the OSR2 version of Windows 95.
What is the difference between FAT16 & FAT32?
Inside every hard drive, there are clusters. The larger the partition, the bigger the cluster size. Many people resort to partition their hard drive into smaller partitions to reclaim wasted cluster disk space. FAT32 reduces the cluster size so you don't have to partition your hard drive to save disk space. The table below shows the difference:
FAT16
Cluster size
Partition Size
2 KB
128 MB
4 KB
256 MB
8 KB
512 MB
16 KB
1 GB
32 KB
2 GB
FAT32
Cluster size
Partition Size
2 KB
4 KB
260 MB - 8 GB
8 KB
8 GB - 16 GB
16 KB
16 GB - 32 GB
32 KB
32 GB
05-17-2007, 12:55 PM
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