Re: NTFS to FAT32

From: Greg R (webworm12_at_yes.hotmail.com)
Date: 09/08/04 

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:54:49 -0500

Use a windows 98se boot disk.

Delete either ntfs partition or the non-dos partition.

Using that fdisk. You can make it all fat32.

This will take some time.

Greg R

>On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:41:25 -0500, "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote:

>If the drive is over 32 Gig, XP will refuse to format it as FAT32.
>
>However, XP can use FAT32 disks larger than 32 Gig, it just refuses to make
>them.
>
>So, use something other than XP to do the formatting. A DOS boot disk with
>FDISK and FORMAT would work, assuming that this is an internal hard drive.
>
>Partition Magic would also work, whether the drive is internal or extrnal
>(USB or firewire).
>
>"JustUs" <JustUs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:09528ACF-91DA-4682-8B9D-CA9B5C787FC7@microsoft.com...
>>I purchased a used drive and it is formatted with NTFS. I would like to
>> convert it to FAT32. I know that ntfs is supposed to be better, but hard
>> to
>> change after years of fat32. The drive contains no data. When I try to
>> format
>> and error message says that format is not supported. Please help.
>

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