It's really far better to use ExFAT or NTFS if this is only for PC use. And you're still stuck with a 4GB maximum file size. ![]() ![]() That seems to line up with what I remember, although I have no idea where I heard this originally, so the info might be wrong.Įven if you got that to work, compatibility might be limited with different OSes and devices. From some quick googling it seems that the 512 byte sector size is what is holding back FAT32 from supporting larger partitions, so if you have a drive with a larger sector size, AND you're able to format it with a cluster size >64KB, then larger partitions will work. I don't remember any details about this though. Cluster size you can increase when you format it, but sector size is a hard limit in the drive. The second requirement has something to do with the cluster size, or the actual sector size of the drive itself. The drive must be using the GPT partition scheme because MBR has a hard limit of 2TB.Ģ. I dont remember any details about this though. Click to expand.I seem to remember this being possible as well, with a couple of requirements.ġ. Cluster size you can increase when you format it, but sector size is a hard limit in the drive.
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