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| 288598 | 2004-11-08 03:50:00 | > Yes I have partioned it okay into 4X 50 gb parts but > XP still wont allow me to format it as Fat32 in > insists on using NTFS Use a 98 start up disk and use the format c: command to format the partitions fat32. |
viper (6375) | ||
| 288599 | 2004-11-08 03:58:00 | > > Yes I have partioned it okay into 4X 50 gb parts > but > > XP still wont allow me to format it as Fat32 in > > insists on using NTFS > > Use a 98 start up disk and use the format c: command > to format the partitions fat32. Wouldnt that be a bad idea? Normally windows is installed to C drive, so formatting C drive would remove your OS, when you restart the PC things could get a lil bit tricky. Also seeing as the original poster wants 4x50gb partition as opposed to 1x200gb partition it wouldnt work either. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 288600 | 2004-11-08 04:02:00 | thanks spacemannz That really helped, changed the partition size to just under 32 GB and all works fine XP allowed me to format them as Fat32 without any probs and on my win ME machine can see all drives on the USB link Thanks to everybody who posted and gave me ideas to sort it out |
MORK (5007) | ||
| 288601 | 2004-11-08 04:12:00 | No worries | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 288602 | 2004-11-08 04:36:00 | > > > Yes I have partioned it okay into 4X 50 gb parts > > but > > > XP still wont allow me to format it as Fat32 in > > > insists on using NTFS > > > > Use a 98 start up disk and use the format c: command > > to format the partitions fat32 . > Wouldnt that be a bad idea? Normally windows is > installed to C drive, so formatting C drive would > remove your OS, when you restart the PC things could > get a lil bit tricky . Also seeing as the original > poster wants 4x50gb partition as opposed to 1x200gb > partition it wouldnt work either . > yeah, true . should have said format (partition to be formatted): command rather than c: he's got it sorted now anyway . ;-) |
viper (6375) | ||
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