How to format 1TB drive

[Katlin]

hello
i want to convert my ntfs partition to fat32, i am using windows xp sp2 but i am unable to do Please help me format my 1tb WD HD to fat32 which was the original format.
thank you

[Fabian]

Windows XP can not format fat32 beyond 32 gb -- you need another system to do that.

However, Fat32 over a 1 TB filesystem will have HUGE cluster sizes and waste most of the space. NTFS is a much better choice.

What's the issue with accessing the device in NTFS?

[Katlin]

my brother have converted my WD HD 1tb to ntfs, but then my DVD player is unable to read it .when it was in fat32, everything was fine.now my brother is not here...

[deoWo]

finally try on western digital website. it can be formatted to fat32 by downloading a small program from their site.

[Rawko]

try this to format it

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1