I have read somewhere the largest USB drive you can use to run WinXP from is 2GB (due to FAT format limitations). The article with that info was written over a year ago. I was wondering if it is possible to use a 4GB...(maybe partitioned to work around the FAT-16 issue?)
2007-02-15 09:04:23 · 2 answers · asked by txcde 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
USB drive booting up and running WinXP on its own...
4GB or larger will work? (the article mentioned above said most BIOS only see FAT-16 when booting from USB)
2007-02-15 09:40:21 · update #1
You should be able to use a 4gb drive, format it as fat32 instead of just fat and you will be able to use the whole thing. I have a 4gb toshiba flash drive and it is great.
2007-02-15 09:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by Dan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got a 120gb usb drive using NTFS
2007-02-15 09:13:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋