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Story: Microsoft wins final FAT battle
Posted by: Red Barchetta (Saturday 14 January 2006, 4:39 AM)
The FAT file system is not that great anyway. Files that are too large can not be used on it (this excludes storage of video files at a DVD quality bit-rate and frame size that are any significant length), it also lacks the ability to add any REAL security to file - add to that the fact that large hard drive partitions ca not be used. And, it's basically an unstable system anyway (explains why Win95/98/98SE/ME had such a bad problem with crashing, DOS had no such problem, but was kinda limited.). If you want FAT to really be practical at all anymore, FAT32 need it go, and use at least 64 bits instead of 32 (FAT64), but ever this would not fix everything that is wrong with it.
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Story: Microsoft wins final FAT battle
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No, no, 10 million? OK! Matt Webber -
Well, that's what happens when you have Non-e... cirilo bernardo -
So, the result may appear to be that if you have a... Tee
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Samba does NOT use FAT. There are FAT drivers... Roan Kattouw
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I stand corrected.
I still stand by "dit... Tee -
I used to work on hard disk file management routin... Steve B
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Oh what a glorious day! This is the best thing to... Jon Tyler
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The FAT file system is not that great anyway. Fil... Red Barchetta -
This will be unfortunate if this affects FAT3... Anonymous
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