Software Quiz#3

[makaveli]

more than 4 people will get this one wrong! :'(, but read it over and you will get it right ;D

[Ropy]

My answer is B.

[makaveli]

B, ok ropy me too, but im not voting just yet, cause i might change my mind hahaha

[juba]

My answer is A, 1 partion.

[ramesh]

I messed up again! Shows I don't know FAT from THIN. And what's worse, I'm supposed to know all this from experiences with both WIN95 and WIN95b :'(

[makaveli]

what u think it is ramesh?

[Ropy]

This is very odd. ;) :D

[makaveli]

;D people messing up, people getting it wrong ;D this one is the second easiest of all quiz so far.

[Ropy]

I know of someone messing up twice, as for myself, I hope I'm not...

[makaveli]

u seem to have a clean sheet, but not for long playa, though your a hardcore techie, u gotta mess up soon ;D . remember this exam is multiple choice(using a pen) rules:no errors, so u cant cross out lol, just one. ;D

[juba]

Please don't lock the topic when you give the answer. Others may want to continue with a discussion on the quesiton.

Thanks

[makaveli]

alright juba, ill just lock to poll when i give the answer and not the whole topic

[ramesh]

See, Windows95 used FAT16 partitioning which only supported drives less than 2GB. Is hould know this because I had to split a 3.2GB drive into C and D partitions due to this restriction. Win95b was the first Win OS to use FAT32, which allowed the OS to see larger partitions.

My first answer, 3 partitions, is therefore utterly wrong.

[Ropy]

Hopefully I'll have more rights than wrongs, many more.

[makaveli]

intruiging ramesh, u certainly know alot and seems to have a long and good tech experience man, good job, tech runs the world. as a whit boy would say, "tech rocks dude" but we down here say "tech a dweet"

[Ropy]

@ Ramesh
You have partially answered the question, you haven't told us your new choice. What will it be?

[makaveli]

yes ramesh, lets see whatchu got. i think hes going with 2

[ramesh]

Using FAT32, it will only need ONE partition to use the five GB drive. My original math had two 2GB and one 1GB partitions based on the 2GB obstacle with WIN95

[Ropy]

You have a point there ramesh but I think my ans is correct unless I'm mixing it up with something else. Win59b can only support a max of 4gb... :-\ If mi wrong ah soh.

[makaveli]

Answer: A - 1 partition

Explanation: Windows 95b added support for FAT32 file systems. FAT32 allows 2TB per partition.

thats your first wrong one Ropy, btter luck next time.