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| Thread ID: 104828 | 2009-11-09 20:44:00 | Problem formatting a 1 Tb HDD | jupiter1 (2578) | Press F1 |
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| 828655 | 2009-11-09 20:44:00 | I recently bought a Seagate 1 Tb external HDD It is to be used principally on a Win 2K pro SP4 machine but will also be used across several other machines with Win XP, Win 95 Win 98 and Linux operating systems. The drive is formatted in NTFS but I need to format it in FAT32 to be compatible with all these different machines. I intend using the Win2k machine for this. For some reason I am unable to do this and get various error messages such as "volume size too big". Do I need to make smaller partitions or is there some other trick that I don't know about ? All help appreciated. |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 828656 | 2009-11-09 20:52:00 | If you want to format it in FAT32, you'll have to format / partition the hdd Then install whatever OS. Starting from the earliest to the latest version of windows | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 828657 | 2009-11-09 20:54:00 | Maximum Sizes on FAT32 Volumes A FAT32 volume must have a minimum of 65,527 clusters. The maximum number of clusters that Windows 2000 can mount on a FAT32 volume is 4,177,918. Windows 2000 can format volumes up to 32 GB, but it can use larger volumes created by other operating systems. Table 17.4 lists FAT32 size limits. Table 17.4 FAT32 Size Limits Description Maximum file size 2 32 minus 1 bytes Maximum volume size 32 GB (This is due to the Windows 2000 Format tool. The maximum volume size that Windows 98 can create is 127.53 GB). Files per volume Approximately 2 22 Also see here support.microsoft.com |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 828658 | 2009-11-09 22:04:00 | Guys, This is a USB drive. I have trolled the Seagate and Microsoft help sites but have not found anything which helps me. Fred Fish.... I'm sure all your info is good but unfortunately it is mostly gibberish to me. Speedy.....I can make various sized partitions but still get the "volume size too big" error message when trying to format in FAT32 (or just FAT ). This will be a data only drive, no operating system. As always, all suggestions will be welcome. |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 828659 | 2009-11-09 22:34:00 | use gparted gparted.sourceforge.net |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 828660 | 2009-11-09 22:41:00 | You need to use a third-party format tool, otherwise you're limited to 32GB partitions (do you really want 30 partitions?) with FAT32 and the Win2k/XP format utility. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 828661 | 2009-11-09 22:52:00 | You need to use a third-party format tool, otherwise you're limited to 32GB partitions (do you really want 30 partitions?) with FAT32 and the Win2k/XP format utility. x2. Gparted is a good bet. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 828662 | 2009-11-10 00:39:00 | Google fat32format - it's a utility. Can run it from within Windows too. | pctek (84) | ||
| 828663 | 2009-11-10 11:19:00 | Perhaps this will help with using fat32format www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 828664 | 2009-11-10 21:20:00 | Good luck finding W95 and W98 drivers for it. W98 SP2 brought in USB support, but I wouldn't hold your breath getting it recognised on an OS older than that. |
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