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| Q1. What are differences between the FAT16 and FAT32 formats? |
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| When storing files, the computer registers information such as file name, location and file size in an FAT Table. In an FAT 16 system, 16 bits are used for indicating the allocation of each sector, the cluster number is 65,536; for 32KB clusters, the maximum supported disk capacity is 2GB. The FAT32 format, which is capable of supporting a maximum disk capacity of 2048GB, is developed in order to solve the problem of too small supporting capacity in the FAT16 format. |
