Homebrew Unlimited game loader for 3ds?

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Huhn, weird.

  • You cannot format a volume larger than 32 GB in size using the FAT32 file system in Windows 2000. The Windows 2000 FastFAT driver can mount and support volumes larger than 32 GB that use the FAT32 file system (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create one using the Format tool. This behavior is by design. If you need to create a volume larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system instead.
I wonder why this limit's going on instead of conforming to spec.
 

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Huhn, weird.

  • You cannot format a volume larger than 32 GB in size using the FAT32 file system in Windows 2000. The Windows 2000 FastFAT driver can mount and support volumes larger than 32 GB that use the FAT32 file system (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create one using the Format tool. This behavior is by design. If you need to create a volume larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system instead.
I wonder why this limit's going on instead of conforming to spec.

*implies your using windows 2000 without a custom fat driver* FAT32 means partitions are limited to a 32 bit signed integer (which means it can handle 2,147,483,647 bytes (or 2.147TB, which is alot for anything that recommends FAT32. It was created to replace FAT16, which can only hold upto a measly 32,767 bytes or 32.767kb because it is a 16 bit signed integer.
 

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512GB seems a little big for a 3DS... Anyone know does the 3DS support 512GB SD Cards?

And also, its not exactly 512. Itll be like 490 something.

I use a 128 GB Micro SD card for my New 3DS XL, I don't see why 512GB wouldn't work. He would just have to properly format the sd card so that its Fat32 is all.
 

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Well does the 3DS support 1TB SD Cards? No. Do those exist? No

EDIT: If they did, that would be very convenient.

Actually, there are 1TB SD Cards. They're just really rare.
 

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*implies your using windows 2000 without a custom fat driver* FAT32 means partitions are limited to a 32 bit signed integer (which means it can handle 2,147,483,647 bytes (or 2.147TB, which is alot for anything that recommends FAT32. It was created to replace FAT16, which can only hold upto a measly 32,767 bytes or 32.767kb because it is a 16 bit signed integer.

That was the general Microsoft answer. That's still accurate up to Win8. Using third party tools works, but the base Windows partition/management tools won't allow you to go over 32gb. Windows instead suggests NTFS.

I'm aware of the spec after the earlier mistake. I'm not aware of why Microsoft's being weird about it with the built in windows tools, though.
 

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