Fat16 and Fat32
FAT16
FAT16 (File Allocation Table 16 bit)
FAT, FAT16, FAT32, or NTF2
FAT 16 file system support 2GB partion.
FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2,3,4
Windows 2000 supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS partitions.
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.
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.
The original 16-bit version of the FAT file system (FAT16) supported hard disk partitions up to 4GB and files as large as 2GB.
no it can also use FAT32 or FAT16
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.