FAT32

I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I do
this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another utility
(free) I can get on the web to do this?

Thanks
~alan

You could try formatting it through the command line:

format drive /FS:FAT32 /Q

Remove "/Q" if you want to perform an unconditional format.

I apologize if this will not work, as I do not have a drive I'm willing to
test this on to see if you can specify FAT32 for a hard drive filesystem
through the command line.

"~~Alan~~" wrote:

> I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I do
> this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another utility
> (free) I can get on the web to do this?
>
> Thanks
> ~alan
>
>
>

you might want to
reconsider:

http://search.microsoft.com/results....32+limitations
"~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro-NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23RpbqV5hHHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I do
this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another utility
(free) I can get on the web to do this?

Thanks
~alan

~~Alan~~ wrote:
> I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I do
> this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another utility
> (free) I can get on the web to do this?
>
> Thanks
> ~alan
>
>


By design, WinXP cannot create and format a FAT32 partition larger than
32Gb, so you'll either have to slave those hard drives into a Win98 PC
to format them, or use a 3rd party tool. BootItNG should meet your
needs; there's a free, fully functional 30-day evaluation version
available for downloading from www.bootitng.com.


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"~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro-NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I do
>this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another utility
>(free) I can get on the web to do this?
>
> Thanks
> ~alan
>
>

Hello,

Use this utility - fat32format - to format FAT32 drives larger than 32GB
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/fat32format.htm

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"~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro-NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I do
>this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another utility
>(free) I can get on the web to do this?
>
> Thanks
> ~alan
>
>

Learned a few things here. I created a 32GB partition and formatted it
FAT32. Then with Partition Magic, I expanded the partition to 250 GB.

That was simple.

Thanks,
~alan

"~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro-NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I do
>this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another utility
>(free) I can get on the web to do this?
>
> Thanks
> ~alan
>
>

For simplicity, why didn't you use PM only, period?

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"~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro_NoSpam@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Learned a few things here. I created a 32GB partition and formatted it
> FAT32. Then with Partition Magic, I expanded the partition to 250 GB.
>
> That was simple.
>
> Thanks,
> ~alan
>
> "~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro-NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23RpbqV5hHHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I
>>do this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another
>>utility (free) I can get on the web to do this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> ~alan
>>
>>
>
>

I tried but because of the size of the disk, PM or anything else I had would
not allow me to format a rather large disk. After reading aout the
restriction, I created a small partition, formatted it and then PM allowed
me to expand the size.

Live and learn.

~alan


"Dave" <killurpc@smacksofvirii.net> wrote in message
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> For simplicity, why didn't you use PM only, period?
>
> --
> Dave
>
> Apathy and denial are close cousins
> "~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro_NoSpam@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OvKjKfCiHHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Learned a few things here. I created a 32GB partition and formatted it
>> FAT32. Then with Partition Magic, I expanded the partition to 250 GB.
>>
>> That was simple.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ~alan
>>
>> "~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro-NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23RpbqV5hHHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I have 2 HDD, 160GB and 250GB that I want to format as FAT32. How can I
>>>do this easily with WinXP and/or Partition Magic? Is there another
>>>utility (free) I can get on the web to do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> ~alan
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>