Questions tagged [fat16]
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Why is FAT32 limited to just under 2^28 clusters?
With FAT16 the maximum partition size is 2GB when your maximum cluster size is 32K.
This is calculated by multiplying the number of addressable units by the cluster size.
(216 Allocation units) * (...
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How do I format my 8 GB USB drive to FAT/FAT16 in Windows 7?
I already tried FORMAT /FS:FAT, diskpart, Disk Management and HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.
Do I really need to buy a smaller capacity drive? Can't a formatting tool ignore the area beyond 2 ...
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Should I format USB sticks and SD cards to FAT, FAT32, exFAT or NTFS? (Windows files, live Linux distributions)
Does it depend on the media size which one to chose or on some other parameters? On Windows 7, FAT16 is the default. In pendrivelinux.com's Universal USB Installer, FAT32. Which one should I ...
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Linux returns “No space left on device” while copying data to a non-full USB flash drive
I'm trying to copy a file to a USB flash drive. The drive does not have a write-protect switch.
df gives the following:
$ df -h .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sde1 1....
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Formatting a USB to FAT16 on Moblin or Ubuntu NBR
Trying to format a USB to FAT16 on Moblin or Ubuntu NBR
Why?
FAT16 apparently needed while following this tutorial on creating a Parted Magic LiveUSB
http://partedmagic.com/documentation/130-...
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Windows delays writing FAT table on small USB drive despite “Quick removal���
I am seeing delayed writes to the FAT on a small-capacity FAT(FAT12)-formatted USB flash drive even though the policy for the drive is set to "Quick Removal". (I believe this means the ...
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Why would some folders be copied with the wrong timestamp?
When copying folders from a FAT16-formatted microSD card onto an NTFS volume, why would some (but not all) of the folders have a modified timestamp of the current date/time on the destination?
Some ...
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renaming a fat16 volume
What's the easiest way to rename (change the volume label of) a fat16 volume (e.g. on a USB drive) from linux? It seems like mlabel from the mtools package is meant to do this, but the documentation ...
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