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    12 <concept id="GUID-E55BAF71-D11D-5F7D-B52F-8BC753123B91" xml:lang="en"><title>FAT32

    13 File System</title><shortdesc>Description of the FAT32 (File Allocation Table 32-bit) file system. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

    14 <section id="GUID-4967E92B-71BD-5646-855B-94C2570E22EE"><title>Introduction</title> <p>The

    15 FAT32 file system is an update of the industry standard FAT file system. </p> <p>The

    16 Symbian platform FAT32 file system implementation supports the FAT12, FAT16

    17 and FAT32 file systems types. </p> </section>

    18 <section id="GUID-572319F8-71AA-4CDB-A21B-D8A13BD822A7"><title>Background information</title> <p>The following are features

    19 of the FAT32 file system: </p> <p>It is used for storing user-data on NAND

    20 Flash, internal RAM drives and removable media e.g. SD cards, MMC cards. </p> </section>

    21 <section id="GUID-27EFD322-FC12-4FFD-867D-0EA7F70F583F"><title>FAT32 features</title> <p>FAT32 provides the following features: </p> <ul>

    22 <li id="GUID-6949B548-0B68-542F-8D37-C703D6F29F44"><p>Can handle much larger

    23 drives than is possible with the FAT file system. </p> </li>

    24 <li id="GUID-D6BD828B-491E-5BAD-8451-17AA0F31FF3B"><p>There is a maximum upper

    25 limit for the size of a drive. </p> </li>

    26 <li id="GUID-1C6D8C38-8D26-570E-853E-8AC8B2194975"><p>When files are deleted

    27 and written to the media, then files can become scattered over the media (fragmentation)

    28 leading to slower access times. This can be addressed by executing a defragmentation

    29 utility, however this is a time consuming process and on some media, e.g.

    30 memory cards, this process cannot be undertaken. </p> </li>

    31 </ul> </section>

    32 </conbody><related-links>

    33 <link href="GUID-9E92EE30-F2E2-5F28-BB2A-391C09EC69D2.dita"><linktext>Using ECom</linktext>

    34 </link>

    35 <link href="GUID-F3BD37EC-0CCB-5859-908F-215E22C9FC20.dita#GUID-F3BD37EC-0CCB-5859-908F-215E22C9FC20/GUID-143780ED-4A23-5E72-A923-F605172EC8B5">

    36 <linktext>File Server</linktext></link>

    37 </related-links></concept>