format slave to fat32

[failurbydesign]

I dont have the option to format my slave to fat32! Is there anyother way to do this?

 

[NetRyder]

At the Command Prompt:

format D: /FS:FAT32

 

[failurbydesign]

I read that just a bit ago, but they said something about only 32gb being seen? It weird too, cuz i used to have the option for fat32 format, and now i dont..btw its formating


edit..no good

 

[LordOfLA]

format it with windows XP

 

[failurbydesign]

i only running vista

 

[failurbydesign]

i had a program in my old vista set up i downloaded that let me format and partition, but i forgot what it was

 

[NetRyder]

format it with windows XP

I suspect that won't work for volumes over 32GB either. There's a MSKB article about the limitations here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463

The OS will recognize FAT32 volumes that are larger than 32GB, but the built-in tool can't format them. I've seen reports of people using Partition Magic to format, but there should surely be some free alternatives out there.

 

[failurbydesign]

i know there are, but i cant find em. Partition magic doesn't work in vista, acronis demos kinda suck, i dont want to pay for something ill use once..

 

[NetRyder]

You could try the GParted LiveCD.

 

[failurbydesign]

ill try it out!

 

[graeme86]

windows xp and i assume vista will only format partions up to 32 gb.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463


But you can use a win 98 boot disk to do it

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

 

[fitz]

hmm... i thought that 32GB limit was only during the setup portion of XP.. if you attach/install a new drive, i thought it was possible to partition and format a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB.

I could be wrong, it's been a LONG time since I worked with FAT32 partitions.

 

[LeeJend]

Untried, good luck and let us know if it eats the HD.
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm

or with no rusk use Gparted as stated above.

 

[failurbydesign]

windows xp and i assume vista will only format partions up to 32 gb.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463


But you can use a win 98 boot disk to do it

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

whats a floppy drive? ha, i dont have one for the boot disk!

 

[NetRyder]

GParted didn't work, Danny?

 

[anmor]

First question comes to mind why Fat 32? next if you must have Fat 32 does it have to be the whole drive or would 1 or 2 partitions suffice?
If the first question can be answered maybe someone can think of another solution.

 

[American Zombie]

Go to Seagate or Western Digital and download their drive tools. Either of them can format the entire drive FAT32 or NTFS no matter what the size is.

 

[failurbydesign]

GParted didn't work, Danny?

I dont get how to use it, its just a bunch of files with no exe or anything..maybe im missing something!

 

[NetRyder]

I dont get how to use it, its just a bunch of files with no exe or anything..maybe im missing something!

It's a LiveCD, so you burn the ISO image to a CD and boot from it like you would with a Windows setup disc.
When it loads, you'll be presented with a UI to manage your disk partitions.

 

[failurbydesign]

oh i c! Im downloading it right now, ill try it out!