backwards formatting

[Rich]

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I want to take one of my hard drives and reformat it from ntfs to fat32. i
use computer management to delete the partition and the logical drive. then
I recreated the logical drive and the partition, but when I go to format it,
the only formatting option available is ntfs. I tried making the drive a
primary and an extended partition. either way I get the same results. This
drive is an external via usb.

any ideas how to format this drive as fat32 within winxp?

Thanks, Rich

 

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In news:%23hoyFBg6EHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Rich <nbrk911@windy.comcast.net> typed:

>I want to take one of my hard drives and reformat it from ntfs
>to
> fat32. i use computer management to delete the partition and
> the
> logical drive. then I recreated the logical drive and the
> partition,
> but when I go to format it, the only formatting option
> available is
> ntfs.


Presumably the drive is larger than 32GB. Windows XP won't let
you create a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB. However it will
use such a partition if you create it externally to XP.

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> I tried making the drive a primary and an extended partition.
> either way I get the same results. This drive is an external
> via usb.
>
> any ideas how to format this drive as fat32 within winxp?

 

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"Rich" <nbrk911@windy.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I want to take one of my hard drives and reformat it from ntfs to
> fat32. i use computer management to delete the partition and the
> logical drive. then I recreated the logical drive and the partition,
> but when I go to format it, the only formatting option available is
> ntfs. I tried making the drive a primary and an extended partition.
> either way I get the same results. This drive is an external via usb.
>
> any ideas how to format this drive as fat32 within winxp?
>
> Thanks, Rich

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[Guest]

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First, Windows XP can only format FAT32 volumes up to 32GB. If
it's larger than that you only have NTFS as an option. Here's an
article with more info:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314463

If that's not the problem, you might want to try this.
Open a command prompt window (Start -> Run -> cmd.exe). Enter
format X: /FS:FAT32 /q (substitute the correct drive letter for
X).

Nepatsfan
"Rich" <nbrk911@windy.comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I want to take one of my hard drives and reformat it from ntfs
>to fat32. i
> use computer management to delete the partition and the logical
> drive. then
> I recreated the logical drive and the partition, but when I go
> to format it,
> the only formatting option available is ntfs. I tried making
> the drive a
> primary and an extended partition. either way I get the same
> results. This
> drive is an external via usb.
>
> any ideas how to format this drive as fat32 within winxp?
>
> Thanks, Rich
>
>