>i don't know the limit in 98 but it won't be larger than in XP and most likely it will be smaller. you are right it is the partition size but is a 34gb xp fat32 partition really needed???
Size requirements tend to go up. 15 years ago, descriptions of future computers systems, talking about 1 GB of hard disk, seemed very futuristic (when the typical hard disk had 30-40 MB).
On the other hand, if you have XP, it is usually better to use NTFS, which has many advantages over the FAT32 partitions.
Hilmar.
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