Medion External hard disk - Page 11

S
S
E
E
T
T
T
T
I
I
N
N
G
G
U
U
P
P
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The following table compares disk and file sizes possible with
each file system.
NTFS FAT FAT32
Recommended
minimum volume
size is approxi-
mately 10 mega-
bytes (MB). Vol-
umes much larger
than 2 terabytes
(TB) are possible.
Cannot be used on
floppy disks.
Volumes from size
up to 4 gigabytes
(GB). Does not
support domains.
Volumes from 512
MB to 2 TB. In Win-
dows XP, you can
format a FAT32
volume up to 32 GB
only. Does not sup-
port domains.
File size limited
only by size of vol-
ume.
Maximum file size is
2 GB.
Maximum file size is
4 GB.
 Note: Some older programs may not run on an
NTFS volume, so you should research the current
requirements for your software before converting.