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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Formatting 16bit FAT on small HDisk.
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Date: 28 Sep 90 17:31:30 GMT
References: <173@ncmicro.lonestar.org>
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In article <173@ncmicro.lonestar.org> ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin) writes:
>Does anybody know of a program that will format a small harddisk
>partition with a 16bit FAT?  My Compaq 386/20 Portable has a
>100meg HD with 4 partitions, the 4th being about 14meg.  I'm getting
>a bit tired of seeing a directory structure that takes up about
>7 megs on the big partitions take up almost the whole disk on the
>small partition.  Unfortunately, the formatter that comes with the
>Compaq automatically switches to the 12bit FAT when partitioning
>a HD below a certain size.
>
>Can anybody point me at a better formatter (or tell me how to patch
>the one I've got to drop the changeover point between 12 and 16bit
>FATs to less than 10meg)?

Well, actually I do recall seeing your first post as well.

Perhaps you've received no replies because, to me at least, it is not
entirely clear what you want to do.  Making a 16-bit FAT will take up
MORE room than a 12-bit FAT, yet you are asking for a way to force use
of a 16-bit FAT to *save space* ??

Obviously one or both of us is confused..

In any case, SPEDSTOR can do what you want, and it is generally useful
to have around anyway.  A very useful low/medium level disk utility.
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