FAT an Introduction:
The existing File Allocation Table (FAT) file system was invented in 1977 as a way to store data on floppy disks for Microsoft stand-alone Disk Basic. Although originally intended for floppy disks, FAT has since been modified to be a fast and flexible system for managing data on both removable and fixed media. In 1996 Windows 95 OSR2 came out with FAT32 a new and improved FAT.
A new generation of very large hard disks will soon be shipping, and the existing FAT data structures have finally reached the limit of their ability to support ever larger media. FAT currently can support a single disk volume up to 2 Gigabytes in size. FAT32 is an enhancement of the FAT file system that supports larger hard drives with improved disk space efficiency. FAT32 is an enhancement of the File Allocation Table file system that supports large drives with improved disk space efficiency.
FAT32 is only currently supported by two operating systems:- OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) of Microsoft Windows 95 (commonly known as Windows95b). This release of windows was released in the fall of 1996, and is only available with new PC's. Windows 98, FAT32 is included in the final release of the Windows 98 operating system. It also includes a FAT32 converter so you can convert an existing FAT drive to FAT32 without data loss. The existing File Allocation Table (FAT) file system was invented in 1977 as a way to store data on floppy disks for Microsoft stand-alone Disk Basic. Although originally intended for floppy disks, FAT has since been modified to be a fast and flexible system for managing data on both removable and fixed media.
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