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From: Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: The FAT32 size limit is moving from 32GB to 2TB
Date: 12 Dec 2024 21:08:26 +0000 (GMT)
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JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 12:29:38 -0500, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net>
> wrote:
> 
> >I wondered about that 32 GB limit.  I wonder if it's formatted FAT32 
> >higher than 32GB in Windows 11, say on a 64 GB thumb/flash USB drive. 
> >What happens if you plug that 64GB flash drive into a Windows 10 or 
> >older machine?  Is it simply not backwards-compatible/can't be read?
> 
> OS would have to be updated, if M$ updates this feature.

AIUI the limit is in the Windows formatter tool. If you manage to format the
disc some other way I think Windows can read and write it, possibly up to
the 2TB limit.

Theo