klem kedidelhopper wrote:

On Nov 23, 7:57 pm, who where ? wrote:
? On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:39:04 +0000 (UTC), "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
?
? ? wrote:
? ?Drive letters BTW, are not C and D on the same drive if there is more than one
? ?drive, it's C is the boot drive, D is the first partition on the second drive,
? ?E is the second partition on the second drive and so on........
?
? Not quite the case. After C: and D: as above, E: (F:, G: etc) will be
? the partitions on the first HD and THEN follow the partitions on the
? second HD.

So at the risk of sounding like a dummy, is the FAT a function of the
particular hard drive or is it a function of the operating system? And
in my previous question, would a much smaller drive have a FAT 16
system that would be happy in the same bed as DOS 6.2? I need to run
6.2 as my programs run under that. I don't absolutely need to run
Windows on that computer. I have others, however it is handy at times
as some of my DOS documents occasionally are copied, pasted, and then
go out as emails.

If someone could please explain the FAT system with respect to Windows
and DOS I would be very grateful. Lenny


FAT is the 'File Allocation Table', and it tells the OS where files
are stored.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table


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