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Partitioning your Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive (PC only)
Chapter 6: Partitioning your Freecom Classic Mobile
2.5" Hard Drive (PC only)
6.1 General information
Your Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive was partitioned and formatted to
provide you with the maximum available capacity and compatibility. FAT32 was
chosen as file system to assure that you will be able to read your files on any PC.
It is recommended not to change the current configuration of your Freecom
Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive.
For some users another file system might fit better for their needs. This manual
describes current limitations of most common file systems and Instructions to
enable you to adapt the Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive to your needs.
6.2 File System features
Please refer to the tables below for an overview:
File systems supported by different operating systems
File system
Operating system
Windows 98SE
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Maximum size of a partition
File system
Operating system
Windows 98SE
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
: A patch for Windows 98SE is required for hard disk larger than 60 GB. The maximum partition size
*1
can never exceed the capacity of your HDD.
: Hard disk capacity will not be displayed correctly by fdisk!
*2
: FAT partitions larger than 2 GB can only be administrated by Windows 2000/XP.
*3
FAT FAT32
yes yes
yes yes
yes yes
yes yes
FAT FAT32
2 GB 60 GB
2 GB 2 TB
*2
4 GB *3 32 GB
4 GB *3 32 GB
NTFS
not supported
not supported
yes
yes
NTFS
n.a.
*1,2
n.a.
16 TB
16 TB
GB
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