> so that would mean 256 megaclusters
>
> which keeping the 32K cluster size limit would mean 8 terabytes
>
> i don't know why wikipedia says the actual limit is 2 terrabytes and i don't have any ms docs handy to compare but either way its big enough not to be a worry for most hard drives just yet.

The partition table can't make partitions of over 2^32 sectors, so
there's your 2TiB limit.
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