Because it can manage the files more appropriately as compared to FAT 16
Fat16 and Fat32
FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS.
FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32
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.
FAT, FAT16, FAT32, or NTF2
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 FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, and ISO9660 (on CDs).
The default cluster size for a FAT16 partition that is between 1GB and 2GB is 32kb.
FAT12 for floppy disks FAT16 for Hard Disk FAT32 for Hard Disks VFAT (an overlay for FAT32) that allows long file names
no it can also use FAT32 or FAT16