I believe... it's been a while since I've done it... that you will be
offered the choice of file systems after you've indicated you wish to begin
formatting.
Tom C.
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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If it's larger than 40GB you won't get any options on how to format it,
it will only offer NTFS.
It is formatted the same way as an internal drive.
-Adam
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Need help, please.
Remember that USB hard drive that I ordered? I will need to format it to
NTFS (I use Windows
On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:21, Tom C wrote:
I believe... it's been a while since I've done it... that you will
be offered the choice of file systems after you've indicated you
wish to begin formatting.
I'll go along with Tom on this one.
It is also possible to CONVERT an existing FAT drive
Sorry, I don't know the links, but it is rather simple.
From a command prompt:
format F: /FS:NTFS
where F: should correspond to the letter assigned by windows to the
drive you want to format.
You can check it by opening My Computer and seeing the letters
corresponding to the drives.
I seem to recall that if you use the utilities provided with Windows
XP, it will not allow the option of formatting a drive using FAT for
any volume or partition larger than 32Gbyte. NTFS is the native
file system for WinXP ... so just use the operating system's
utilities and it will do
Apple's Drive Utility can create FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB, as
can any of the Linux or *BSD utilities. The restriction in MS's GUI
tools is entirely arbitrary.
I'd just format it on the Mac if portability between systems is necessary.
-Adam
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I seem to recall
I agree ... I found that out later; I'm not sure it was possible when
we did that drive, though. It was several years ago now.
But I don't think Joe has Mac OS X to work with.
Godfrey
On Apr 27, 2006, at 11:43 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
Apple's Drive Utility can create FAT32 partitions larger
A warning:
My external drive was formatted FAT32 and I decided to reformat it to
NTFS. A bad idea if you carry the drive around and connect it to other
computers. I lost some valuable files. I formatted the drive again as
FAT32 using the format utility from western digital and my problems
are
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Need help, please.
Remember that USB hard drive that I ordered? I will need to format it to
NTFS (I use Windows XP Home). Rummaging through Microsoft's Knowledge
Base, I am finding only instructions for formatting drives that are in
the computer, and only for formatting
See Article ID 309000 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000
-Paul
Joseph Tainter wrote:
Need help, please.
Remember that USB hard drive that I ordered? I will need to format it to
NTFS (I use Windows XP Home). Rummaging
Right click on My Computer and click Manage and then Disk Management. It
will show you all the available drives, even the ones without a drive
letter. Right click the new drive and format. It should be easy from
there. Be sure you are formatting your new drive and not another. Look at
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