Next I suggest you convert any FAT partitions that you still have on your hard drive to FAT32. The old FAT file system was not very efficient in storing files on large partitions. FAT32 is much more efficient at doing this. Besides, you were limited to partition sizes of only 2GB with the old FAT file system. FAT32 can handle much larger partition sizes. In addition, you are getting the latest technology when you use the newer FAT32 file system.

PartitionMagic has conversion routines that will safely convert your FAT partitions to FAT32 partitions in a couple of minutes. Just be sure your Operating System can handle FAT32 before you convert your partitions. Win95B, Win98, WinMe, and Win2000 all handle the FAT32 file system.