Can not format to FAT32???

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From: mxh (m_at_m.com)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:08:46 -0600

I have a large partition (115 gb) that I've been using for video files. It
is an extended partition and C:\ is the primary on this drive (5.7 gb).
Yesterday I received low disk notification so I decided to redistribute the
disk space to accomodate a larger c: drive. I copied the video files to
another drive and formatted both drives to FAT 32 via the repair console.

When I booted into XP, it showed the video partition as unformatted (C: was
fine, I restored a ghost image to the new enlarged partition and it is
FAT32). I tried to format it from Disk Management, but the only format
option was NTFS. So, I went back to the repair console and formatted to
FAT32 again. Again, upon booting into XP it shows the partition as
unformatted. Right now I am letting it format in XP to NTFS, but I'd sure
like to know why I can't go FAT 32.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark

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