re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 5:13 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ricer46 (20204 messages posted) Not only CAN XP run on FAT32, most users would be better off using FAT32 partitions. Of course you should not have installed it on the Recovery partition. You need to pay more attention to the prompts when you re-install again. The ideal size for an XP system partition seems to be about 12 to 20GB, depending on the needs of the user. On Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 11:53 pm, Lorna wrote: >I recently had to use the recovery disk on my Advent PC. After several tries the >disk eventually worked. The problem however is that the OS is now installed on a >4GB FAT32 partition called 'RECOVERY(C:)'. and is almost completely used up, (the >size of the HD is 160GB and was not originally partitioned). If there has to be >a partition, why is it so small? And why FAT32, I thought XP only used NFTS which >is what the rest of the disk is? I have tried to resize this partition using EASEUS >Partition Manager but it won't budge, every time I change the size in the dialogue >box and click OK the size I have typed reverts back to just over 4GB, (is this the >maximum for FAT32?) yet the program works on the NFTS partition. > >Windows keeps informing me that there is low disk space and System Restore has been >disabled. I cannot install any programs, when I try I am informed that there is >not enough disk space and to delete programs to free some up. The only program installed >is EASUS, apart from XP of course, so that's not an option. > >I've probably given myself away as being 'not very technical'. I get by but when >things start getting complicated I'm lost. I do hope there is someone out there >who can help! > >I am running WinXP Home Edition SP2. The recovery disk is the Advent System Recovery >CD-Rom supplied with the PC about 4 or 5 years ago > >Thanks for listening. Lorna Written in response to: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Lorna: Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 11:53 pm) Responses to this message: re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Lorna: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 5:29 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Lorna: Sat, Aug 23, 2008, 11:53 pm) re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (bob wells: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 2:26 am) re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Ricer46: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 5:13 am) re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Lorna: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 5:29 am) re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Ricer46: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 5:47 am) re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Lorna: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 7:40 am) re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Richard Harris: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 8:37 am) re: Recovered WinXP on very small FAT32 partition (Lorna: Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 8:27 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum