File Systems - FAT32

[Command Center]

Hi I was just doing some research about the FAT32 file system. I was told from a computer scientist that FAT32 has a max partition size of 2TB, but from what I am reading online it says the max partition size is 32GB? Which one is right, are there different types of FAT32?

Thanks for your time!

 

[americanbrian]

2TB is right. Theoretically it can address 8TB of clusters. The 32GB limit is only a driver limitation of windows 2000. You can read and mount a larger volume, but cannot create one.

Source:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/184006

 

[RJMadCat]

It can support more than 32GB partitions, it is just Windows limiting you.
Read this article
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/format-large-hard-drive-fat-fat32/