niedziela, 2 października 2011

How to format FAT32 external drive - Windows


If you want to format the portable drive
(if you wan't for example, connect to the DVD player) on a FAT32 file system when its size is over 32GB
, we encounter an unexpected problem. Windows will not allow us to format the drive in FAT32 instead of NTFS format will propose. To circumvent the problem, we can use a boot disk and format the drive but it would be too burdensome. - Instead, download the fat32format.zip (by which format the 1TB drive for example) and unpack it to any path. Then enter the command prompt (start menu> run> "cmd"). You should log on as an administrator or run the command line by going to Start> Programs> Accessories and select right-click "Command Prompt" and from the context menu choose "Run as administrator" We should check twice what the drive letter of your disk is going into eg the Computer Management> Disk Management, or by using diskpart - Navigate to the path where you unpack file for example by typing cd C: \ Documents and Settings \ user \.
- Type fat32 format g: (if your portable drive letter is g:) After a while, your disk is formatted

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