KB179194 - Error Message: No Drive Can Be Converted to FAT32

Article ID: 179194

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q179194

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to convert a drive to the FAT32 file system, the drive may be unavailable in the list of drives to convert or you may receive the following error message:

No drive can be converted to FAT32

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the drive that you are attempting to convert to the FAT32 file system is less than 512 megabytes (MB) in size. The FAT32 file system is designed for drives that are 512 MB and larger in size.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, choose a drive that is 512 MB or larger in size to convert to the FAT32 file system.

MORE INFORMATION

The following table lists the cluster sizes of drives that are using the FAT32 file system:

   Drive size             Cluster size
   ------------------------------------
   Less than 512 MB       Not Available
   512 MB - 8191 MB       4 KB
   8192 MB - 16,383 MB    8 KB
   16,384 MB - 32,767 MB  16 KB
   32,768 MB and larger   32 KB

For information about the FAT32 file system, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 154997
TITLE : Description of the FAT32 File System

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