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Thread ID: 41552	2004-01-14 21:52:00	new hardrive problems	fergie (424)	Press F1

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207473	2004-01-14 21:52:00	Hi. I just installed a new 80gb Seagate HDD - to go with my 60gb. I booted up - and all was good - it wasn't displayed in My Computer, so i went into Computer Management, and as soon as I clicked Disk Management it came up convert to Dynamic Disk or something, i just cliked next, next... But now, I'm up to the formating part - i can only format it as NTFS - i want it as FAT32. I had a quik look thro the help - and i see that theres to types of disk - Dynamic and Basic - i take it it has to be Baisc to be formated as FAT32? And i don't no how to convert it back to basic... ALso - its a 80gb hdd, but it picks it up as only a 74.53GB?	fergie (424)
207474	2004-01-14 21:57:00	um, ok, I found how to convert it to basic - which i did - but i can still only format it as NFTS. Any one no what I'm doing wrong?	fergie (424)
207475	2004-01-14 22:08:00	You cannot format a volume larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the Windows XP installation process . Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB by using the Format tool during Setup . If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB using FAT32, don't do it using the XP process . Another option is to start from a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk .	godfather (25)
207476	2004-01-14 22:19:00	o ok. I've just started to download seagates Discwizard. Will this work? Its a 10mb file - so i don't wanna waste an hour downlaoding to find it doesn't do wot i want it to do. o - and another quik Q (unrelated) I have 2 Physical CDrom drives (a CDRW & DVD) - and 3 image drives/simulation drives. In my Computer - can i separate them? Like u have a title " Hard Disk Drive" then "Drives with removavble storgae" etc tec - can I create a "Drive Image" title? Thanks	fergie (424)
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