80GB installation

[arbymo]

Originally posted by dizzynoodle
i need to be able to access the drive thru LAN from winME / 98 pcs...I don't thnik there's a limit on Fat32 smaller than 55 gig though....is there ?

You can still access your drive through the lan whatever filesystem it is formatted to as long as it is supported by the operating system doing the share.

[dizzynoodle]

cool than my problem solved... i wanted to use NTFS anyway, but did not think i could access info on it thru network... I guess i'll format it in NTFS. No performance downfalls though right ? the security will be great !

Oh, I'm only getting 74.5Gigs, is that normal that much loss !? Also what cluster size should i use 16K too ? to speed up the performance as well as have less wasted space...

[dZeus]

'80GB' = 80 x 10^9 bytes ~ 74.5 GB

[dizzynoodle]

dZeus, what do u suggest i use as a cluster size ?

[Gurm]

dizzy: you can just use whatever NTFS wants to default to. It's pretty efficient.

- Gurm

[dizzynoodle]

thanx guys... i'm up and running on NTFS... looks cool !

Thnx for all your help

[ayoub_ibrahim]

just for the record, the largest FAT32 partition size you'll be able to make using win2k/XP is 32Gb. if you want larger you'll have to do it with a win98 starup disk!