Using Large Capacity Drives With Windows - Maxtor OneTouch User Manual

Using Large Capacity Drives with Windows

When using Windows with drives that have capacities higher than 64
GB, there are special considerations. Table 2 gives some information
Windows 98SE
FAT32 and FAT32 operates properly with
NTFS partition < 127 GB.
FDISK and Two known bugs,
FORMAT see Notes 1 and 2.
Defrag and Limited to partitions
ScanDisk < 127 GB. See Note 3.
Check Disk See Defrag and ScanDisk.
Disk
N/A
Management
Note 1: On disks larger than 64 GB running Windows 98SE, both FDISK
and FORMAT function properly, but will display an incorrect disk size on
the screen. A similar problem can occur with Windows Me at larger disk
sizes (starting above 80 GB).
Further information is available on Microsoft's Web site at
http://support.microsoft.com. Search their Support Knowledge Base for
articles Q263044 and Q263045.
Table 2: Considerations for drive capacities greater than 64 GB
Windows Me
FAT32 partitions operate properly
as large as the drive's
total capacity.
One known bug,
see Note 1.
Defrag works properly on a disk of
any size. Do not use Scan Disk.
See Defrag and ScanDisk.
N/A
about how the Windows file systems and certain Microsoft utilities
behave when used on drives with capacities greater than 64 GB.
Windows 2000, XP
FAT32 and NTFS partitions operate properly as large as the drive's total
capacity.
NTFS partitions as large as the drive's total capacity can be formatted
properly under Windows 2000 and XP.
FAT 32 partitions greater than 32GB cannot be formatted under Windows
2000/XP. See Note 4.
Defrag works properly on a disk of any size.Do not use Scan Disk.
See Check Disk.
Operates properly. Note: May take a long time!
Disk Management can create NTFS partitions as large as the drive's total
capacity. Disk Management cannot create FAT32 partitions > 32GB. See
Note 4.
Note 2: FDISK may not run properly after an external drive has been
disconnected and reconnected. Rebooting the computer before running
FDISK is recommended.
Note 3: Neither ScanDisk nor Defrag will operate on drive partitions larger
than 127 GB. Further information is available on Microsoft's Web site at http:/
/support.microsoft.com. Search their Support Knowledge Base for article
Q184006. Third party utilities can be used to replace the functionality of the
ScanDisk and Defrag utilities.
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