1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. MISC.NEWS.INTERNET.DISCUS

  • The FAT32 size limit is moving from 32GB to 2TB

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 3 12:03:28 2024
    Microsoft is finally removing the FAT32 partition size limit in
    Windows 11

    Aug 16, 2024

    Microsoft is planning to remove the 32GB size limit for FAT32
    partitions in Windows 11. While FAT supports volumes up to 2TB,
    Windows has had a 32GB arbitrary limit in place for nearly 30 years.

    "When formatting disks from the command line using the format command,
    we've increased the FAT32 size limit from 32GB to 2TB," revealed the
    Windows team in a blog post on Thursday detailing the latest Windows
    11 Canary test build.

    The limit is only being removed from the format command line right
    now, so the existing format dialog box will continue to have the FAT32
    size limit, unless Microsoft finally decides to update this Windows
    feature it has forgotten about for decades.

    The 32GB limit was originally put in place during the development of
    Windows 95 more than 30 years ago. Former Windows developer Dave
    Plummer divulged earlier this year that he was responsible for the
    format dialog box that hasn't been touched in decades, and he also
    picked the 32GB limit for FAT32

    https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221635/microsoft-fat32-partition-size-limit-windows-11

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Dec 4 12:29:38 2024
    On 12/3/2024 1:03 PM, JAB wrote:
    Microsoft is finally removing the FAT32 partition size limit in
    Windows 11

    Aug 16, 2024

    Microsoft is planning to remove the 32GB size limit for FAT32
    partitions in Windows 11. While FAT supports volumes up to 2TB,
    Windows has had a 32GB arbitrary limit in place for nearly 30 years.

    "When formatting disks from the command line using the format command,
    we've increased the FAT32 size limit from 32GB to 2TB," revealed the
    Windows team in a blog post on Thursday detailing the latest Windows
    11 Canary test build.

    I wondered about that 32 GB limit. I wonder if it's formatted FAT32
    higher than 32GB in Windows 11, say on a 64 GB thumb/flash USB drive.
    What happens if you plug that 64GB flash drive into a Windows 10 or
    older machine? Is it simply not backwards-compatible/can't be read?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 4 13:11:34 2024
    On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 12:29:38 -0500, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net>
    wrote:

    I wondered about that 32 GB limit. I wonder if it's formatted FAT32
    higher than 32GB in Windows 11, say on a 64 GB thumb/flash USB drive.
    What happens if you plug that 64GB flash drive into a Windows 10 or
    older machine? Is it simply not backwards-compatible/can't be read?

    OS would have to be updated, if M$ updates this feature.

    When formatting disks from the command line

    How they did it....most users are clueless about the command line; I'm
    not aware of this via diskpart command

    Just get a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB Type-C Flash Drive - 1TB;
    much faster https://shop.sandisk.com/products/usb-flash-drives/sandisk-ultra-dual-drive-luxe-usb-3-1-type-c?sku=SDDDC4-1T00-G46

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Theo@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Dec 12 21:08:26 2024
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 12:29:38 -0500, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net>
    wrote:

    I wondered about that 32 GB limit. I wonder if it's formatted FAT32
    higher than 32GB in Windows 11, say on a 64 GB thumb/flash USB drive.
    What happens if you plug that 64GB flash drive into a Windows 10 or
    older machine? Is it simply not backwards-compatible/can't be read?

    OS would have to be updated, if M$ updates this feature.

    AIUI the limit is in the Windows formatter tool. If you manage to format the disc some other way I think Windows can read and write it, possibly up to
    the 2TB limit.

    Theo

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)