On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:45:42 -0400, Francois Labreque wrote:

> Le 2013-08-31 13:50, Jim Henderson a écrit :
>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:19:45 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>
>>> What I *do* have an issue with is MS deciding that *I* can't get stuff
>>> done with my own PC because "most" end-users don't need that feature.
>>
>> Such as?
>>
>> Jim
>>
> Format a >16GB USB drive with FAT32.

That's what exfat is for, among other things (larger file sizes, too).

Surprisingly, you also cant' format a > 16 GB USB drive with FAT16, 
either.

That's not MS "deciding" what you can/can't do, that's a limitation of a 
filesystem created in about 1996.  You really want to complain about the 
limitations in a filesystem created ~20 years ago?

Jim

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