At 02:00 PM 20/04/1998 +1000, you wrote:
>Windows98 suggests the option of using Fat32.
>Will changing a partition to Fat32 affect programs already installed on
>it, such as 32 bit ones and 16 bit games?.
>Fat32 promises more disk space and faster access which could be a
>benefit on a disk almost filled.
>Any input on this would be appreciated.
>
>Alan P.
>

Alan:

To my knowledge FAT32 cannot be installed on a FAT16 drive without total
destrucitve formatting because you must FDISK the H.D. After that nothing
is left on the drive...not even the old format...so you must reformat the
drive. I am using FAT32 on Win95b and can run any type of games or apps. I
even run Starflight 1 sometimes to remember old times.  FAT32 allows larger
Hard Disks than FAT16 without the need to create multiple partitions. As
far as I can tell the amount of HD space is not that much but disk access
is pretty good.

Good Luck,


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