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Ranish Partitition Manager
http://www.ranish.com/part/ [New Window]: The Partition Manager section of the program creator's Website. All program downloads and documentation for Ranish Partition Manager are available at this site. This site also provides links to other references and programs.
Partition Manager Version 2.40 readme file
Source: readme240.txt from part244.zip [New Window]: Version 2.40 was the last version written by the original program author. As such, the 2.40 readme file provides the instructions for what this program does and how to use it.
Partition Manager Version 2.44 readme file
Source: readme244.txt from part244.zip [New Window]: The Version 2.44 readme lists the updates and new features added to this program since version 2.40.
Partition Manager Version 2.43 FAQ
Source: http://www.ranish.com/part/faq.txt [New Window]
Ranish Partition Manager Version 2.43 172KB
http://www.ranish.com/part/part243.zip: This is the version of the program that I use and recommend.

Hints: When I used the above program to create a single FAT32 data partition on a larger hard drive, it was necessary to toggle the Boot Flag on then off. This forced the MBR list to recognize the newly created (and formatted) FAT32 partition. Then the F2 key could be used to save the changes to the hard drive, before exiting the program. And as that data drive did not need a bootable partition, I ignored the "No active partition" warning on exit.

Related Information:

XP/2000 FAT32 Formatting limit
Technical >> Hardware >> Device Type >> Storage >>: Windows XP and 2000 fully supports using a FAT32 partition over 32GB, but does not permit formatting a FAT drive over 32GB. If you attempt to format a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB, the format fails near the end of the process with the following error message: "Logical Disk Manager: Volume size too big."

Note: The above page also provides significant information about using the Windows 98 and Windows Me FDISK and FORMAT commands (instead of Ranish Partition Manager).