Using Large Capacity Drives With Windows - Maxtor OneTouch II 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
about
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 263044 and 263045.
Note 2: FDISK may not run properly after an external drive has been
disconnected and reconnected. Rebooting the computer before running
FDISK is recommended.
Table 2: Considerations for drive capacities greater than 64 GB
Windows Me
FAT32 operates 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 ScanDisk
See Defrag and ScanDisk
N/A
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 operate properly as large as the drive's total capacity.
NTFS operates properly with partitions > 320 GB, FAT32 partitions > 32
GB cannot be formatted under Windows 2000/XP . See Note 4.
Defrag works properly on a disk of any size. Do not use ScanDisk.
See Check Disk.
Operates properly. Note: May take a long time!
Disk Management can create NTFS partitions as large as the drive's
capacity. Disk Management cannot create FAT32 partitions > 32GB.
See Note 4.
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 184006. Third party utilities can be used to replace the functionality
of the ScanDisk and Defrag utilities.
Note 4: Windows 2000 and XP are limited to creating FAT32 partitions <
32GB; you can format FAT32 partitions > 32GB using 3rd party partitioning
software. Windows 2000 and XP can mount FAT32 volumes larger than 32
GB that were created by other versions of Windows or 3rd party disk
utilities.
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