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95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), and many other operating systems. This limitation occurs because these operating systems do not support cluster sizes larger than 32 KB, which results in the 2 GB limit.In theory, FAT32 volumes can be about 8 terabytes; however, the maximum FAT32 volume size that Windows Server 2003 can format is 32 GB. Therefore, you must use NTFS to format volumes larger than 32 GB. However, Windows Server 2003 can read and write to larger FAT32 volumes formatted by other operating systems.The largest possible file for a FAT32 volume is 4 GB minus 1 byte. FAT32 contains 4 bytes per cluster in the file allocation table; FAT16 contains 2 bytes per cluster; and FAT12 contains 1.5 bytes per cluster. A FAT32 volume must have at least 65,527 clustersFAT16 supports a maximum of 65,524 clusters per volume. The following table lists FAT16 size limits.FAT16 Size LimitsDescriptionLimitMaximum file sizeTested: 4 GB minus 1 byte (232 bytes minus 1 byte)Maximum volume sizeTested: 4 GBFiles per volumeApproximately 65,536 (216 files)Maximum number of files and folders within the root folder512 (Long file names can reduce the number of available files and folders in the root folder.)A FAT32 volume must have a minimum of 65,527 clusters. Windows Server 2003 can format FAT32 volumes up to 32 GB, but it can mount larger FAT32 volumes created by other operating systems. The following table lists FAT32 size limits.FAT32 Size LimitsDescriptionLimitMaximum file sizeTested: 4 GB minus 1 byte (232 bytes minus 1 byte)Maximum volume sizeTested: 32 GB (implementation)Files per volume4,177,920Maximum number of files and subfolders within a single folder65,534 (The use of long file names can significantly reduce the number of available files and subfolders within a folder.)See also:FAT32NTFSExternal References:How FAT Works (Microsoft Docs)Inside Windows 2000, 3rd Edition Jump (Chapter 12, “File Systems”) by David A. Solomon and Mark E. Russinovich (Microsoft Press, August 2000)

#1 Just formatting my card for my dash cam and wanted to know when I used easeus partition master what cluster size should I use for fat32 on a 64gb micro sd? niko Well-Known Member #2 Just formatting my card for my dash cam and wanted to know when I used easeus partition master what cluster size should I use for fat32 on a 64gb micro sd? In which make / model dashcam you want to use 64Gb memory card ? #4 can you format the card in the camera itself? that's always ideal whenever possible. niko Well-Known Member #5 Why don't you try SmartDisk Fat32 utility tool. It's pretty straight forward, fast and without any complications Last edited by a moderator: Sep 19, 2015 #6 can you format the card in the camera itself? that's always ideal whenever possible. It formats to exfat and I think that's the problem, I used easeus partition program and it asks which cluster size I want and I'm not sure which #7 I would have thought the bigger the better. You're recording huge video files, not tiny text files, so I can't see any real benefit to a small cluster size unless the dashcam firmware requires it. #8 32kb Format it at the default in GUI format

Values!Therefore FAT32 wastes a lot less disk space, preserving speedy diskaccess at the same time.More info:Wikipedia: FAT32.MSKB: MS-DOS Partitioning Summary ➜ Windows 95 OEM SR2 and Windows 98.NOTE:You MUST be using Windows 95B/95C OSR2.0 - 2.5, 98/98 SE(U) [a.k.a. MS-DOS 7.10], ME [a.k.a. MS-DOS 8.00], 2000/newer [no native MS-DOS] to take advantage of FAT32.Intel 48-bit LBA test tool [33 KB, free].This tool detects if the motherboard BIOS supports 48-bit LBA addressing mode, and therefore hard diskslarger than 137 GB.PROs + CONs:Larger cluster size means faster disk access, but more disk overhead (wasted clusters), and less space for stored files,opposite to:Smaller cluster size means slower disk access, but less disk overhead (wasted clusters), and more space for stored files.FYI:The performance hit for using FAT32(X) dependson the speed of your CPU, bus bandwidth, disk controller capabilities and hard disk subsystemtransfer rates + access times.Test your computer motherboard extended BIOS capabilities using EXTBIOS.EXE for DOS [7 KB, freeware].FAT16/FAT32 versus NTFS versus exFAT comparison.Default FAT16, FAT32, NTFS + exFAT cluster sizeswhen using MS FORMAT tool.More info.Evenmore info.FAT+ extension (FAT32+) (open source) is a new Enhanced DR-DOS and FreeDOS standard, and removes some of the FAT32/FAT32X limitations.KNOWN BUGS + FIXES:Microsoft acknowledged in this MSKB article that Windows 95 retail, 95a OSR1 + 95B/95C OSR 2.x do NOT support disk drives larger than 32 GB. :(Windows 98 retail, 98 SP1 + 98 SE(U) provide built-in supportfor media drives > 32 GB, but ONLY IF you install the fixed ESDI_506.PDR [English patch] that allows ScanDskw.exe to properly recognize(E)IDE/(Ultra)ATA hard disk clusters beyond cluster number 967,393.More info @ MSKB.The only Microsoft Operating Systems that natively support drives larger than32 GB are Windows NT 4.0 + newer.Make sure your motherboard BIOS supports hard disks larger than 137 GB (48-bit LBA function). Always "flash" your BIOS using the current BIOSupdate

Problem. The first method, usedwith earlier drives (under 100 MB), was to use FDISK to break thedrive up into multiple partitions, each less than 32 MB.The second method is called clustering. Clustering meansto combine a set of contiguous sectors and treat them as a singleunit in the FAT. The number of sectors in each cluster isdetermined by the size of the partition. There can never be morethan 64,000 clusters. To determine the number of sectors in apartition, divide the number of bytes in the partition by 512(bytes per sector). Then divide the number of sectors by 64,000(maximum allowable clusters). The following table provides anestimate of sectors per cluster.Partition (in MB)Total BytesTotal SectorsSectors per ClusterBytes per Cluster3233,554,43265,53615246467,108,864131,07221049128134,217,728262,14442097256268,435,456524,28884194512536,870,9121,048,57616838910001,048,576,0002,048,0003216,38420002,097,152,0004,096,0006432,76840004,194,304,0008,192,00012865,536Remember: for this table, a sector is not the basic unit ofstorage-it is now the cluster.How the File Allocation Table WorksWhen a file is saved:MS-DOS starts at the beginning of the FAT and looks for thefirst space marked "open for use" (0000). It begins to write tothat cluster.If the entire file can be saved within that one cluster, thecode FFFF (last cluster) is placed in the cluster's status fieldand the file name is added to the directory.The cluster number is placed with the file name.If the file takes more than one cluster, MS-DOS searches forthe next open cluster and places the number of the next cluster inthe status field. MS-DOS continues filling and adding clustersuntil the entire file is saved.The last cluster then receives the end of file code(FFFF).FAT32Windows 98 and Windows 95 (OSR2-the final version of Windows 95,available only on new machines, also called version C) support thenew FAT32 file system. FAT32 can create partitions up to 2terabytes (two trillion bytes) in size (much larger than the 2-GBlimit of FAT16) and uses smaller clusters than FAT16. This resultsin a more efficient use of space on a large hard disk.When deciding whether to use FAT32, take the following intoconsideration:Don't use FAT32 on any partition that other operatingsystems-except for Windows 95 OSR2-will use.MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, the original release of Windows 95, andWindows NT clients can read FAT32 partitions shared across anetwork.If you dual boot between Windows