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exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) (Developers)

posted by sol, 21.02.2009, 05:32

> Also, are you saying that ExFAT in XPSP2 can ONLY be used on External
> media, NOT on internal drives AT ALL? It does seem like a completely
> artificial limitation.

It's not strictly artificial. The bootloader would need to be modified to support booting from it. Considering this is not the kind of FS Windows wants to boot on --- they're not about to spend the time to add this option.

Complete thread:

• GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 03:40 (Developers)
  • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Steve, 21.12.2007, 05:38
  • The Death Of FAT32+ - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 07:24
    • --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:13
      • --- DEATH --- - sol, 21.12.2007, 22:30
        • --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:46
          • --- DEATH --- - Steve, 21.12.2007, 23:22
      • Rest in Peace, Fat32+! No Resurrection possible! - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 23:12
        • -- DEATH -- (anyone has a solution for >4GiB files in DOS ?) - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 23:46
          • First get all facts! - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 00:15
            • --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 22.12.2007, 00:24
              • --- DEATH --- - sol, 22.12.2007, 05:17
                • --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 09:45
                  • --- DEATH --- - Steve, 22.12.2007, 10:08
                    • DOS API extension for files > 4 GB - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 10:28
                  • --- DEATH --- - sol, 23.12.2007, 23:29
                    • --- DEATH --- - Matjaz, 24.12.2007, 10:03
                    • DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 24.12.2007, 17:06
                      • DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 19:53
                        • DOS File System efforts - sol, 25.12.2007, 02:17
                        • DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 25.12.2007, 09:10
                          • DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 26.12.2007, 21:34
                • HPFS for DOS - Rugxulo, 09.09.2008, 22:48
              • --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 08:57
    • 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 02:41
      • Just noise? - Japheth, 29.12.2008, 08:07
        • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 23:06
          • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Japheth, 31.12.2008, 11:46
            • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - sol, 02.01.2009, 01:59
          • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Rugxulo, 02.01.2009, 04:25
      • better DOS file system? - Rugxulo, 29.12.2008, 23:16
        • better DOS file system? - ecm, 30.12.2008, 21:48
      • 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - Steve, 02.01.2009, 07:01
  • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 11.01.2009, 14:14
    • exFAT - ecm, 11.01.2009, 17:30
    • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 12.01.2009, 19:25
      • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 05:26
        • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 15.01.2009, 06:13
          • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 06:24
            • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 16.01.2009, 01:49
              • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 16.01.2009, 07:03
                • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 18.01.2009, 00:14
                  • 4desasters 4u, DOSsers - DOS386, 24.01.2009, 09:42
                    • FAT+/FAT/patents - ecm, 24.01.2009, 13:59
                    • 4desasters 4u, DOSsers - Japheth, 24.01.2009, 21:01
                  • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 14.02.2009, 13:59
                    • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 02:41
                      • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Japheth, 20.02.2009, 09:07
                        • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 20.02.2009, 20:16
                          • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Zyzzle, 21.02.2009, 01:56
                            • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - sol, 21.02.2009, 05:32
                              • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 21.02.2009, 05:40
                              • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 21.02.2009, 15:57
                                • exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 15.03.2009, 15:55
                                  • exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - ecm, 15.03.2009, 20:36
                                    • exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2009, 00:28
                                      • exFAT specification - tom, 17.03.2009, 19:31
                                        • exFAT specification - Laaca, 21.03.2010, 15:42
                                          • former-FAT - DOS386, 22.03.2010, 08:15