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There is no limit on the size of a hard driveformatted with FAT16. The only limit is the size of a FAT16 partition on the drive. The maximum size of a FAT16 partition is 4 GB.
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∙ 15y ago4 GB (2gb if you want to use it with dos) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/118335
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Can you download stuff on to a hard drive from a mac?
Yes, as long the hard disk drive is not NTFS formatted.
What amount of hard drive space is needed for windows 98?
However much the BIOS supports. Or, if you mean maximum partition size, then it would be: FAT12: 32MB FAT16: 2GB FAT32: 8TB
Give one example of a file system that can be used on a hard drive?
FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2,3,4
Can be partitioned and formatted as a stand-alone hard drive?
basic disk
Is a external hard drive formatted for windows xp compatible with windows vista?
Yes, if it's formatted to FAT or NTFS.
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.
Can you connect an external hard drive with media on it and watch it on the Xbox 360?
Yes, but he Hard Drive must be formatted as FAT32 and not NTFS.
Under Windows 2000XP a hard drive can only use the NTFS file system?
no it can also use FAT32 or FAT16
Can a hard disk drive be formatted and used with any operating system?
yes
How do you rescue data from a hard drive?
Hard drive data can be lost due to hard drive crash, formatting, or unintentional deletion. There are many recovery software which can bring back all the deleted or formatted data.When your hard drive get crashed or formatted and you decide to recover it then at the first action is not to write any data in your hard drive-just install a recovery software and recover it by simply by selecting the drive from where you want to recover all the data.
How do you get your hard drive into DOS mode so it can be formatted with Vista?
There is no "DOS mode" for a hard drive, and it is not necessary to use DOS to format a hard drive. Vista's installer had a built-in partitioner and formatter.
If you erased your hard drive can you recover any of the files?
It is possible with recovery software.Get this programs and install them on another hard drive with windows and then attach your formatted hard drive and try to recover your data.
