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Date:	Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:02:39 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: large hard drive

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Sandy Shapiro wrote:
> I replaced my 80GB usb hard drive with a 200 GB hard drive (used for
> backups).
>
> I had no trouble reading and writing to the 80 GB drive (fat 32) under
> OS/2 using the fat32.ifs drivers. However, the 200 GB drive cannot be read
> by OS/2 when formatted as fat 32. When changed to ntfs, it can then be
> read (however, it can no longer be written to).
>
> Not being able to write to the drive is a minor inconvenienc as my backup
> software is proprietary. But I wonder if there is some way to reformat the
> drive as fat 32 and be able to read it under OS/2. DFSEE seems limited in
> its ability to do anything with the drive. Are there special drivers that
> I need, or is this just a limitation of fat 32?
>

What is the largest FAT32 partition you are trying to make?

Ray

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