FAT32 is capable of reading and writing 32 bits of information at a time. FAT32 supports a maximum partition size of 2048 MB. Each Partition can support a maximum of 2,097,152 files. It is restricted to 65,535 entries in root directory of the hard drive. It supports long file names.
Small cluster size of 4K.
Re-locatable root directory, which allows for greater number of entries.
The file allocation table (FAT) and master boot record (MBR) can be relocated.
Backup copies of FAT and MBR can be created with the use of proper tool.
It is possible to disable writing to the secondary FAT; can run direct read from the secondary FAT if the primary FAT lies on a bad cluster.
Disadvantages
Size overhead - best used with larger hard drives.
Not compatible with many disk utilities.
