That's how DOS worked with FAT16, yes. It will still apply to files on USB and SD cards (FAT32), but internal Windows drives will be formatted with NTFS. The F

That's how DOS worked with FAT16, yes. It will still apply to files on USB and SD cards (FAT32), but internal Windows drives will be formatted with NTFS. The FAT entries are cleared, so if the file is fragmented, reassembling requires knowledge of the format. Also, Wikipedia tells me that FAT32 directory entries also have some bits cleared, so the right data on disk may not be found.