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Fat16 conversion utility
How do I change my FAT16 to a FAT32? Without installing Win98.
I'm running Windows 95.
I'm running Windows 95.
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Markleno:
Sure you could spend however much Partition Magic is going for now (not to mention $$ for backup tapes, etc.) and change over to the 32 bit file system, but why? Most people think that 32 bits=speed. The truth of the matter is the 32 bit file system won't give you an increase in performance at all. Actually, in most cases, it will slow down disk access (mainly because of the smaller cluster size the "new and improved" file system uses.) The only real improvement you'll see with the 32 bit system is less "slack" or wasted space; which in my opinion isn't worth the time, money or performance decrease it entails.
Sure you could spend however much Partition Magic is going for now (not to mention $$ for backup tapes, etc.) and change over to the 32 bit file system, but why? Most people think that 32 bits=speed. The truth of the matter is the 32 bit file system won't give you an increase in performance at all. Actually, in most cases, it will slow down disk access (mainly because of the smaller cluster size the "new and improved" file system uses.) The only real improvement you'll see with the 32 bit system is less "slack" or wasted space; which in my opinion isn't worth the time, money or performance decrease it entails.
Also NT 4.0 (and supossedly NT 5.0) will not be able to rewad the FAT32 file structure
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