Microsoft KB Archive/253852

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Cannot Select FAT16 or FAT32 File System During Setup

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Q253852

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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SUMMARY
During Setup, you cannot choose whether to format a volume with the FAT16 or FAT32 file system. This is done automatically based on the size of the partition you are formatting.

MORE INFORMATION
If the partition to be formatted is smaller than 2048 megabytes (MB), it is formatted using FAT16. If the volume is equal to or larger than 2048 MB, it is formatted using FAT32.

For additional information about file systems, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q184006 Limitations of FAT32 File System with Windows 2000" "Q211249 Default File System Choices During Windows 2000 Setup" Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbsetup KBW2KHOME

Issue type : kbinfo

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