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Re: How do you format in Fat32?
[think: Walken] Wow. Doris. WOW! Microsoft has had and does have
several utilities that will format a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB.
There is a limit on why XP/2K won't do it out of the box for a good
reason.
Do a little research when you're not endlessly tweaking your linux
quick lube back end.
Doris Day;2772510 Wrote:
> "Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems dot com> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Buggs" <w@w.com> wrote in message
> > news:CF53E9A6-36A4-4014-B671-285546285756@microsoft.com...
> >> "Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
> >> news:OUPIL7%23fHHA.4868@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>> Buggs wrote:
> >>>> "Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
> >>>> news:Ou0DVo%23fHHA.4936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>>>
> >>>>> Buggs wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I need to format my externall hard drive in fat32 so my xbox
> 360
> >>>>>> can see it attached. I'm in Vista. How can I format the drive
> to
> >>>>>> Fat32? I know the disk management won't, but I would guess
> there's
> >>>>>> some software that can. I have no clue though what it would be.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If your external HDD is over 32 gigs in size you'll have to
> create
> >>>>> a partiton of that size or less in order to format in FAT32.
> >>>>> 32 gigs is the size limit for FAT32.
> >>>>> Frank
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> then why is my cousins drive connected to their xbox 360 and it's
> >>>> 200gb or bigger? it has only one partition. xbox 360 don't work
> with
> >>>> ntfs
> >>>
> >>> You tell me? Have you actually looked at it on the computer? Does
> it
> >>> have an over-laid BIOS?
> >>> Frank
> >>
> >>
> >> The drive was connected to a pc as fat32 while i transferred a ton
> of
> >> music to it. gave it to my cousin and they use it on their xbox
> 360.
> >> that's all i know. it is an external usb 2 drive that i think is
> 250gb
> >> acomdata might be the brand name.
> >
> > The FAT32 file system supports partition sizes of up to 2 terabytes.
> > Unfortunately, MS decided back in Windows 2000 that you can't
> *format* a
> > partition larger than 32GB as FAT32. Windows can *use* FAT32 drives
> > larger than 32GB, it just can't format them.
> >
> > One workaround is to use a Windows ME boot disk (I think a Windows 98
> SE
> > boot disk will work too) and the Windows ME format utility. Be
> really
> > careful you format the correct partition if you do this - I'd
> probably
> > disconnect any drives other than the one I wanted to format, just to
> be
> > sure.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dave
>
> Here's a better one that costs nothing. Download GParted-Clonezilla
> livecd
> from here ...
>
> http://gparted.free.fr/GParted-Clonezilla/
>
> Burn the ISO to a CD and then boot your computer with the CD. You can
> then
> format the complete drive as FAT32.
>
> Screenshots here ...
>
> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php
>
> Again, Linux to the rescue.
>
> Love and Kisses,
> Doris
>
>
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[think: Walken] Wow. Doris. WOW! Microsoft has had and does have
several utilities that will format a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB.
There is a limit on why XP/2K won't do it out of the box for a good
reason.
Do a little research when you're not endlessly tweaking your linux
quick lube back end.
Doris Day;2772510 Wrote:
> "Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems dot com> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Buggs" <w@w.com> wrote in message
> > news:CF53E9A6-36A4-4014-B671-285546285756@microsoft.com...
> >> "Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
> >> news:OUPIL7%23fHHA.4868@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>> Buggs wrote:
> >>>> "Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
> >>>> news:Ou0DVo%23fHHA.4936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>>>
> >>>>> Buggs wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I need to format my externall hard drive in fat32 so my xbox
> 360
> >>>>>> can see it attached. I'm in Vista. How can I format the drive
> to
> >>>>>> Fat32? I know the disk management won't, but I would guess
> there's
> >>>>>> some software that can. I have no clue though what it would be.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If your external HDD is over 32 gigs in size you'll have to
> create
> >>>>> a partiton of that size or less in order to format in FAT32.
> >>>>> 32 gigs is the size limit for FAT32.
> >>>>> Frank
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> then why is my cousins drive connected to their xbox 360 and it's
> >>>> 200gb or bigger? it has only one partition. xbox 360 don't work
> with
> >>>> ntfs
> >>>
> >>> You tell me? Have you actually looked at it on the computer? Does
> it
> >>> have an over-laid BIOS?
> >>> Frank
> >>
> >>
> >> The drive was connected to a pc as fat32 while i transferred a ton
> of
> >> music to it. gave it to my cousin and they use it on their xbox
> 360.
> >> that's all i know. it is an external usb 2 drive that i think is
> 250gb
> >> acomdata might be the brand name.
> >
> > The FAT32 file system supports partition sizes of up to 2 terabytes.
> > Unfortunately, MS decided back in Windows 2000 that you can't
> *format* a
> > partition larger than 32GB as FAT32. Windows can *use* FAT32 drives
> > larger than 32GB, it just can't format them.
> >
> > One workaround is to use a Windows ME boot disk (I think a Windows 98
> SE
> > boot disk will work too) and the Windows ME format utility. Be
> really
> > careful you format the correct partition if you do this - I'd
> probably
> > disconnect any drives other than the one I wanted to format, just to
> be
> > sure.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dave
>
> Here's a better one that costs nothing. Download GParted-Clonezilla
> livecd
> from here ...
>
> http://gparted.free.fr/GParted-Clonezilla/
>
> Burn the ISO to a CD and then boot your computer with the CD. You can
> then
> format the complete drive as FAT32.
>
> Screenshots here ...
>
> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php
>
> Again, Linux to the rescue.
>
> Love and Kisses,
> Doris
>
>
> --
> My Microsoft Hero (he loves this company!) ...
> http://tinyurl.com/yp9cn2
> Get SP3 for XP here! .... http://tinyurl.com/374p49
> Title Says It All ... http://tinyurl.com/2ssodl
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