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On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:27:01 -0700, Nak <Nak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Just as suspected, Win XP won't give me the FAT32 option when try format
as primary partition, for a test.


Windows XP will not let you create a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB.
However it will happily use pone if created before installing XP. Use
a boot diskette from something like Windows Me first.


Any help. I want FAT 32.



Why? It's usually a mistake.

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