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--=======10CED16======= Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=====================_89130623==_"; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-357023B6 --=====================_89130623==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-357023B6 --=====================_89130623==_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-357023B6 <BASE HREF="http://www.sysinternals.com/fat32.htm">; <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//SoftQuad Software//DTD HoTMetaL PRO 5.0::19981217::extensions to HTML 4.0//EN" "hmpro5.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage Express 2.0"> <TITLE>FAT32 for NT 4.0</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0000FF"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><IMG SRC="fat32.gif" ALT="FAT32 Logo" ALIGN="left" HSPACE="0" WIDTH="377" HEIGHT="83"><A HREF="http://www.winternals.com/products/fat32.shtml"><IMG SRC="winprod.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="87" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="TOP"></A> <A HREF="http://www.wugnet.com"><IMG SRC="wugnet.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="114" HEIGHT="43"></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Copyright © 1998 </B></FONT><A HREF="mailto:mark@sysinternals.com"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial"><B>Mark Russinovich</B></FONT></A><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B> and </B></FONT><A HREF="mailto:cogswell@winternals.com"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial"><B>Bryce Cogswell</B></FONT></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1" FACE="arial"><I>Last Updated April 9, 1998, Version 1.01 Read-Only</I></FONT> <HR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TH ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"><FONT COLOR="#0000BF" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Introduction</B></FONT></TH> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><I>FAT32</I> is a FAT32 file system driver for Windows NT 4.0. Once installed, any FAT32 drives present on your system will be fully accessible as native Windows NT volumes. This free version provides read-only capabilities. A read/write version is for sale at the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.winternals.com"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial">Winternals Software</FONT></A><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"> web site. </FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"><FONT COLOR="#0000BF" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Recommended FAT32 Configuration</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial">Do not convert your first partition, or your NT boot partition (the one with \winnt on it), to FAT32 as there is no support in Windows NT 4.0 for reading FAT32 drives during the boot sequence. </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial">For maximum compatibility in dual boot systems, the recommended partition configuration is to maintain a FAT partition as the first partition on the primary drive. This partition should contain Windows 95/98 as well as Windows NT and should not be used to store applications or data files. The rest of the primary disk and any other disks should be formatted with FAT32.</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"><FONT COLOR="#0000BF" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Setting Up Your Partitions</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><EM>FAT32 for Windows NT</EM> does not make it possible to format new FAT32 drives on your Windows NT system, just view existing FAT32 drives. If you wish to benifit from the space efficiency advantages FAT32 has over FAT16 drives and are setting up a new computer, follow these steps.</FONT><P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial">When you partition the drive create at least two partitions: one for system files and one for data files. You may also choose to create two partitions for system files: one for Windows 9x and one for Windows NT. Of course, you may wish to create multiple data file partitions.</FONT></P> <P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial">Install Windows 9x first, placing its system files (the \WINDOWS directory) on the first partition (the C:\ drive), which must be formatted as FAT16. Then format all the data drives as FAT32 drives. Finally, install Windows NT on either the C:\ drive, or the second system drive you created. The second system drive can be formatted as NTFS or FAT16. After installing <EM>FAT32 for Windows NT</EM> the data drives will be accessible (for read-only access) from Windows NT.</FONT></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"><FONT COLOR="#0000BF" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Compatibility</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><EM>FAT32 for Windows NT</EM> is fully compatible with all major NT applications. However, with the read-only version of <EM>FAT32</EM> you may occasionally enounter an application that fails to function properly because it is not able to execute from or maintain files on a read-only drive.</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top"><FONT COLOR="#0000BF" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Related Pages</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial">These are other utilities here at Systems Internals related to dual booting:</FONT><UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><A HREF="ntfs98.htm">NTFS for Windows 98:</A> access your NTFS drives from Windows 95/98</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><A HREF="ntfspro.htm">NTFSDOS Professional:</A> access your NTFS drives from DOS</FONT></LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" COLSPAN="2"><HR> <P><A HREF="fat32.exe"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Download FAT32 (read-only) for Windows NT 4.0 (715KB)</B></FONT></A><BR> <BR> </P> <P><A HREF="http://www.winternals.com"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial"><B>Order FAT32 (read/write) for Windows NT 4.0</B></FONT></A><BR> <BR> </P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" COLSPAN="2"><A HREF="ntinternals.htm"><IMG SRC="home.gif" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="40" HEIGHT="20"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML> --=====================_89130623==_-- --=======10CED16======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-357023B6 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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