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Q: What are the limitations of the fat16 file system?
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What file system does Windows 98 support?

Fat16 and Fat32


What is the file system that is common to DOS and windows?

FAT16


What file system is used by DOS?

FAT16 (File Allocation Table 16 bit)


What file system provides the most features?

FAT, FAT16, FAT32, or NTF2


The FAT16 file system supports maximum partition size of GB?

FAT 16 file system support 2GB partion.


Give one example of a file system that can be used on a hard drive?

FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2,3,4


What file system does Windows 2000 use?

Windows 2000 supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS partitions.


What question does the window 9x partition utility ask in order to use FAT32 instead of FAT16 file system?

Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)? If you respond Y then Fdisk assigns the FAT32 file system to the drive. Otherwise, it uses FAT16.


Which file system does windows 95 typically use?

Windows 98 supports both the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. The FAT32 file system will support drives up to 2 terabytes in size, while the FAT16 file system will support drives up to 2 gigabytes in size.


What is the largest partition than can be created on a drive with FAT16?

The original 16-bit version of the FAT file system (FAT16) supported hard disk partitions up to 4GB and files as large as 2GB.


Under Windows 2000XP a hard drive can only use the NTFS file system?

no it can also use FAT32 or FAT16


Why is FAT16 not a practical choice for Windows XP?

With a maximum partition size of 2 GB, there is barely enough room for Windows XP, let alone any additional programs and user documents on a FAT16 file system.