It has been that way since Win2000.
They never fixed it for "certain reasons". (Performance mostly.)
Some reasons and limitations are listed in the following:
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/07/WindowsConfidential/>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/prork/prdf_fls_pxjh.mspx?mfr=true>
<http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/50cd4ffc-1389-423d-9d02-1a898b2eb39f1033.mspx?mfr=true>
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fb807d55-3431-ee43-aaa9-fb5d73ce214f.aspx>
Rick Glazier
From: "Anthony Q. Martin" Subject: Re: [H] FAT32 under WinXPSP2
Well, that's a nasty unknown limit to put in there...talk about wasting
people's time!
Rick Glazier wrote:
I thought WinXP had an internal "size limit" of 32G to force
(well gently prod??) people into using NTFS.
But, IF "something else" formats it, (third party app.), xp will use
larger sizes.
I never hit the "top limit" someone else mentioned since I like smaller
partitions for back-up reasons...
