Microsoft Finally Ups FAT32 Size Limit
2TB now by the look of things.
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It was only ever an artificial limit in Windows' Format dialog.
Could this make FAT32 a good choice for a shared partition (eg. for steam library) on dual boot setups?
no. fat32 is still shit.
it doesnt support file aizes bigger than 4gb.