I am not sure I understand the question, but there are good sources of
information.

See:

Description of the FAT32 File System  
ID: 154997.KB.EN-US
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;154997

Maximum Partition Size Using FAT16 File System  
ID: 118335.KB.EN-US
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;118335

Limitations of FAT32 File System        
ID: 184006.KB.EN-US

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;184006

Best regards,

Tom Montefusco

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