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'''32-bit File Access''' was a higher performance, [[protected mode]] file management introduced in [[Windows for Workgroups]] 3.11.

32-bit File Access bypassed [[MS-DOS]] and directly accessed the disk, either via the [[BIOS]] or (preferrablypreferably) [[32-bit Disk Access]] (Windows-native protected mode disk drivers). This feature was a [[backport]] from the then-unreleased [[Windows 95]], as suggested by Microsoft's advertisements for Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ("the 32-bit file system from our Chicago project"), .

32-bit File Access and the introduction of Long File Names in Windows 95 reduced DOS to the role of a [[boot loader]] for Windows.