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how much actual storage space is there on a fat32 format?
By this I mean the following. I have a 1tb HD, I have nothing stored on it. If I reformat it to fat32 will I still have storage space for 1tb of information? or is it drastically reduced? I have heard in the past that the maximum you can save on an fat32 format was 4gb, does this mean that the largest SINGLE file size you can save is 4gb? (Meaning one file that is larger than 4gb would be denied?) Or does it mean you can only save 4gb worth of data all together. (100 files less than 4gb?) I'm a tard when it comes to computers please answer in laymen terms.
3 Answers
- AllanLv 710 years ago
On FAT32 the boot sector uses a 32-bit field for the sector count,
limiting the FAT32 volume size to 2 TB.
However THE issue with FAT32 ia calculating free space on the drive
this takes progressively longer as drive size increases.
And if you think a 2TB drive formatted NTFS takes a while to defragment
you'd rather throw away and replace a drive than wait for it to defrag if it
is formatted FAT32
The ONLY reason FAT32 is still around is because certain dedicated gaming
systems still use that file system
NTFS is a superior
- Anonymous10 years ago
The maximum file size on a FAT32 formatted partition is 4 GB, that means that the maximum size of a partition of FAT32 FS is 4gb. You can have multiple partitions on a hard drive (Think 5 is the max)
Basically you should never need to use FAT32 for anything other than recovery partition as NTFS is far superior.
- Anonymous10 years ago
That is correct. It won't "see" that there is 1TB of space available. Therefore no single file can be that size over 4GB
