Formatting a Harddrive as Fat32

 

Bronze Member
Username: Mati

Post Number: 33
Registered: Apr-08
Cananyone assist me in trying to format aHarddrive in dos format?FAT32 to NTFS i tried using a windows XP3

Thanks
Eugene
 

Gold Member
Username: Plymouth

Canada

Post Number: 6543
Registered: Jan-08
Yugene

Use this freeware for it, i had do some surch and this is one of best

http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm
 

Gold Member
Username: Doreenakadj

Ontario Canada

Post Number: 2293
Registered: Dec-06
are you trying to load Windows Xp sp3 onto the hard drive or just convert the Fat32 to NTFS?
 

Gold Member
Username: Doreenakadj

Ontario Canada

Post Number: 2294
Registered: Dec-06
How to convert a FAT volume or a FAT32 volume to NTFS
Note Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion is minimal, we recommend that you perform a backup of the data on the volume that you want to convert before you start the conversion.

To convert an existing FAT or FAT32 volume to NTFS, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
At the command prompt, type the following, where drive letter is the drive that you want to convert:
convert drive letter: /fs:ntfs
For example, type the following command to convert drive E to NTFS:
convert e: /fs:ntfs
Note If the operating system is on the drive that you are converting, you will be prompted to schedule the task when you restart the computer because the conversion cannot be completed while the operating system is running. When you are prompted, click YES.
When you receive the following message at the command prompt, type the volume label of the drive that you are converting, and then press ENTER:
The type of the file system is FAT.
Enter the current volume label for drive drive letter
When the conversion to NTFS is complete, you receive the following message at the command prompt:
Conversion complete
Quit the command prompt.


Here is the link incase things don't go well you can read the trouble shooting info

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
 

Gold Member
Username: Doreenakadj

Ontario Canada

Post Number: 2295
Registered: Dec-06
if you have anymore questions regarding installing window xp or Vista just pm me and i can assit you in any way.
I hope this helps
 

Gold Member
Username: Plymouth

Canada

Post Number: 6548
Registered: Jan-08
Doreen i think yugene want convert NTFS in Fat32 for his receiver.
 

Gold Member
Username: Doreenakadj

Ontario Canada

Post Number: 2297
Registered: Dec-06
HUH?
 

Silver Member
Username: Ajdarwin

Post Number: 279
Registered: May-06
Some of the DVRs use Fat32 as the file system for recording movies. That being the case it may be necessary to format the hard drive before installing it. I have a DVR which uses Fat32, but it will format the hard drive on it's own. You can boot up your computer with a Win98 or WinMe boot disk and format the hard drive that way. I tried this when I increased the hard drive size from 80 gig to 300 gig. It worked fine, but my hardware (DVR) is hacked to accomodate the change in hard drive size.
 

Gold Member
Username: The_coders

Post Number: 1628
Registered: Jan-08
Or do it the ez way - "Partition Magic" , windows can only format fat32 up to 32gig. Here's a link for free partition magic:

http://www.mininova.org/tor/772360
 

Gold Member
Username: Plymouth

Canada

Post Number: 6573
Registered: Jan-08
The Coders sometimes Partition Magic not work that why i give SwissKnife.

http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm
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