I have a USB disk of 60 GB.
According to the terse little pamphlet in the box,
it is formatted NTFS and won't work on a Mac
unless formatted by a Mac.
Now I am curious: can I reformat it to FAT32,
so that I can use it with Windows ME?
I presume that I may need a third-party
program to do this...
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Anonymous Sender <anonymous@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote
> I have a USB disk of 60 GB.
> According to the terse little pamphlet in the box,
> it is formatted NTFS and won't work on a Mac
> unless formatted by a Mac.
> Now I am curious: can I reformat it to FAT32,
> so that I can use it with Windows ME?
Yes.
> I presume that I may need a third-party program to do this...
Previously Anonymous Sender <anonymous@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote:
> I have a USB disk of 60 GB.
> According to the terse little pamphlet in the box,
> it is formatted NTFS and won't work on a Mac
> unless formatted by a Mac.
> Now I am curious: can I reformat it to FAT32,
> so that I can use it with Windows ME?
> I presume that I may need a third-party
> program to do this...
> []
Just use the standard partitioning and formatting tools.
Althoug Win ME is both outdated and unusable trash...
On May 16, 3:08*am, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Previously Anonymous Sender <anonym...@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a USB disk of 60 GB.
> > According to the terse little pamphlet in the box,
> > it is formatted NTFS and won't work on a Mac
> > unless formatted by a Mac.
> > Now I am curious: can I reformat it to FAT32,
> > so that I can use it with Windows ME?
> > I presume that I may need a third-party
> > program to do this...
> > []
>
> Just use the standard partitioning and formatting tools.
> Althoug Win ME is both outdated and unusable trash...
>
> Arno
I've used fat32format.exe downloaded free from the web
mscotgrove@aol.com wrote in news:8dff5057-ba05-4706-842d-91fa305ab908@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com
> On May 16, 3:08 am, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > Previously Anonymous Sender <anonym...@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have a USB disk of 60 GB.
> > > According to the terse little pamphlet in the box,
> > > it is formatted NTFS and won't work on a Mac
> > > unless formatted by a Mac.
> > > Now I am curious: can I reformat it to FAT32,
> > > so that I can use it with Windows ME?
> > > I presume that I may need a third-party
> > > program to do this...
> > > []
> >
> > Just use the standard partitioning and formatting tools.
> > Althoug Win ME is both outdated and unusable trash...
> >
> > Arno
>
> I've used fat32format.exe downloaded free from the web
On May 16, 10:29*pm, "Squeeze" <rubberd...@duckies.au> wrote:
> mscotgr...@aol.com wrote innews:8dff5057-ba05-4706-842d-91fa305ab908@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 16, 3:08 am, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > > Previously Anonymous Sender <anonym...@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I have a USB disk of 60 GB.
> > > > According to the terse little pamphlet in the box,
> > > > it is formatted NTFS and won't work on a Mac
> > > > unless formatted by a Mac.
> > > > Now I am curious: can I reformat it to FAT32,
> > > > so that I can use it with Windows ME?
> > > > I presume that I may need a third-party
> > > > program to do this...
> > > > []
>
> > > Just use the standard partitioning and formatting tools.
> > > Althoug Win ME is both outdated and unusable trash...
>
> > > Arno
>
> > I've used * *fat32format.exe * downloaded free from the web
>
> What's wrong with using ME internal format.
>
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In this case ME will probably format as a FAT32, but if anyone tries
with XP or 2000, then there is a maximum size after which it refuses
to reformat as FAT32. This is when an external program is required to
convert a large NTFS drive to FAT32.
On or about Sat, 17 May 2008 00:52:23 -0700 (PDT) did "mscotgrove@aol.com"
<mscotgrove@aol.com> dribble thusly:
>In this case ME will probably format as a FAT32, but if anyone tries
>with XP or 2000, then there is a maximum size after which it refuses
>to reformat as FAT32. This is when an external program is required to
>convert a large NTFS drive to FAT32.
It's 32GB, FYI. Anything larger, and 2K/XP forces you to use NTFS. Both are,
of course, quite capable of using an existing FAT32 drive >32GB, which means
it's just another case of MS trying out social engineering.
Previously Mike Ruskai <BUTthannydI@dontearthlinklike.netspam> wrote:
> On or about Sat, 17 May 2008 00:52:23 -0700 (PDT) did "mscotgrove@aol.com"
> <mscotgrove@aol.com> dribble thusly:
>>In this case ME will probably format as a FAT32, but if anyone tries
>>with XP or 2000, then there is a maximum size after which it refuses
>>to reformat as FAT32. This is when an external program is required to
>>convert a large NTFS drive to FAT32.
> It's 32GB, FYI. Anything larger, and 2K/XP forces you to use NTFS.
> Both are, of course, quite capable of using an existing FAT32 drive
> >32GB, which means it's just another case of MS trying out social
> engineering.
Pretty stupid, but what eles can you expect from MS. I typically
format large FAT32s under Linux, which also works fine.
Arno Wagner wrote in news:698093F31eclsU1@mid.individual.net
> Previously Mike Ruskai <BUTthannydI@dontearthlinklike.netspam> wrote:
> > On or about Sat, 17 May 2008 00:52:23 -0700 (PDT) did "mscotgrove@aol.com" <mscotgrove@aol.com> dribble thusly:
>
> > > In this case ME will probably format as a FAT32, but if anyone tries
> > > with XP or 2000, then there is a maximum size after which it refuses
> > > to reformat as FAT32. This is when an external program is required to
> > > convert a large NTFS drive to FAT32.
>
> > It's 32GB, FYI. Anything larger, and 2K/XP forces you to use NTFS.
> > Both are, of course, quite capable of using an existing FAT32 drive >32
> > GB which means it's just another case of MS trying out social engineering.
>
> Pretty stupid, but what eles can you expect from MS.
> I typically format large FAT32s under Linux,
Such blasphemy.
> which also works fine.
What. It's not bugged?
Something that works. How surprizing.
can USB disk be reformatted to FAT32? 
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