Freecom fhd 1 User Manual

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 5

: Partitioning your FHD-1

5.1 General information

Your FHD-1 was partitioned and formatted to provide you with the maximum

available capacity and compatibility. FAT32 was chosen as file system to assure

that you will be able to read your files on any PC. It is recommended not to

change the current configuration of your FHD-1.
For some users another file system might fit better for their needs. This manual

describes current limitations of most common file systems and Instructions to

enable you to adapt the FHD-1 to your needs.

5.2 File System features

Please refer to the tables below for an overview:

File systems supported by different operating systems

FAT

FAT32

NTFS

Windows 98SE

yes

yes

not supported

Windows ME

yes

yes

not supported

Windows 2000

yes

yes

yes

Windows XP

yes

yes

yes

Maximum size of a partition

FAT

FAT32

NTFS

Windows 98SE

2 GB

60 GB 

*1, 2

n.a.

Windows ME

2 GB

2 TB 

*2

n.a.

Windows 2000

4 GB 

*3

32 GB

16 TB

Windows XP

4 GB 

*3

32 GB

16 TB

*1

: A patch for Windows 98SE is required for hard disk larger than 60 GB. This

patch can be downloaded at www.freecom.com.

*2

: Hard disk capacity will not be displayed correctly by fdisk!

*3

: FAT partitions larger than 2 GB can only be administrated by Windows 2000/

XP.

File system

Operating system

File system

Operating system