How can I uninstall Fat 32

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Lorraine - 25 Jul 2003 03:09 GMT

I want to uninstall Fat 32 because I've been advised not
to use it on my old almost-full computer. I'm trying to
free up space, but not by compressing disks. Can anyone
tell me how to safely uninstall Fat 32?

Pllllleeeeeeeeaaaaaasssssseeeeee????????

Thanks! caysee

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Jeff Richards - 25 Jul 2003 03:58 GMT

You can't uninstall it. You could convert your disk from FAT32 back to FAT
(FAT16), but only with use of a third-party partition management program.

Reverting to FAT will give you less disk space, so it's possible that your
existing files wouldn't even fit.

I am not aware of any reason for not using FAT32, provided your operating
system supports it. The age of the machine is irrelevant. What problems
are you experiencing that you think might be related to the use of FAT32?
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98

> I want to uninstall Fat 32 because I've been advised not
> to use it on my old almost-full computer. I'm trying to
> free up space, but not by compressing disks. Can anyone
> tell me how to safely uninstall Fat 32?

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philo - 25 Jul 2003 12:47 GMT

> I want to uninstall Fat 32 because I've been advised not
> to use it on my old almost-full computer. I'm trying to
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>
> Thanks! caysee

fat32 has better cluster size efficiency that fat16
so you do *not* want to go with fat16

what you need to do is get a larger harddrive
or else clear out unneeded data or apps on your present drive

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LASTTOCAST - 13 Aug 2003 14:51 GMT

>-----Original Message-----
>I want to uninstall Fat 32 because I've been advised not
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>Hi, fat 32 converts your hard drive, i dont sujest u try

uninstalling it, why dont u just add another hard drive?

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Tim Slattery - 13 Aug 2003 17:32 GMT

>I want to uninstall Fat 32 because I've been advised not
>to use it on my old almost-full computer. I'm trying to
>free up space, but not by compressing disks. Can anyone
>tell me how to safely uninstall Fat 32?

Bad advice. FAT32 makes more efficient use of disk space for most
partitions.

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