Originally Posted by Matt Finley
ps Back on the topic of FAT32, here is a quick Google result:

What are the limitations of FAT32 formatting?
Be warned that there are limits to FAT32. You can't save individual files over 4GB, or make make a partition over 8TB, to a drive formatted with this system. Newer versions of Windows also don't work with it, so don't format an internal drive to FAT32.Aug 25, 2025
I haven't looked into the details of the how/why of the following, but it may be interesting.

I have some bit of kit ... I can't remember which, that was declared "FAT32 only" and I was in a hurry, so bought an SSD that was "too large for FAT32, you won't get all of the drive". I formatted it to FAT32 and ... good grief ... I did get all of the drive and it did work on that FAT32-only machine.

I have to presume that there has been some adjustment to FAT32 that remains compatible, but I don't know what or how.
I suppose I really should go find out. Hmm I wonder if it was some trick within the SSD itself?

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