Scot's Newsletter - By Scot Finnie - 05-23-2002 - http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/26a.htm

Size Constraints for FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS This document was supplied by Microsoft and is republished by permission.

Description	FAT16	FAT32	NTFS
Maximum file size	2 to the 32nd power - 1 bytes	2 to the 32nd power - 1 bytes	2 to the 44th power - 64K bytes (design to 264 - 1)
Files per volume	2 to 16th power	2 to 28th power	2 to the 32nd power - 1
Minimum volume size	4085 clusters	65535 clusters	1 MB
Maximum volume size	65536-12 clusters Maximum volume size: 2 GB	Theoretical: 228 clusters. Actual: - Windows 2000: Can format to 32 GB; can mount and convert larger volumes - Windows Me: Up to 2 to the 28th power - 12 clusters - Windows 95/98: 4,177,918 clusters	Theoretical: 2 to the 64th power clusters Actual: 2 to the 32nd power clusters
Cluster size	For all file systems: - Windows NT/Windows 2000: A power of 2 between 512 bytes and 65536 bytes, inclusive - Windows 95/98/Me: A power of 2 between 512 bytes and 32768 bytes, inclusive
Directory size	2 to the 16th power - 2 physical directory entries; special limits on root directory	2 to the 16th power - 2 physical directory entries	No limit

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