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Converting or formatting NTFS to FAT32

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Old 11-02-2008
hyperfee
 
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Converting or formatting NTFS to FAT32

I have a 750GB Iomega Minimax drive and have formatted it to NTFS. I have
then partitioned it into 128GB partitions (for use on a Mac) but want to
convert or reformat it to FAT32 so I can read and write on both the Windows
Vista PC and the Mac. When I go into Computer Management and then Disk
Management and try to format the drive to FAT32 it only gives the option of
NTFS. A CDROM came with the drive with FAT32 converter on but it doesn't load
any of the drives when I load the program up.

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Old 11-02-2008
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So far as i know,Fat32 support upto only 32GB!

Also FAT32 is more vulnerable to disk crashes.

Correct Fat 32 will only recognise 32gb size.

Reduce 128gb to 32gb and try that.

vista disk management doesn't have the fat32 option, no matter what size
of a partition.

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Old 11-02-2008
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Re: Converting or formatting NTFS to FAT32

FAT32 is limited to 127 Gigabytes under Windows 9x.

Outside of Win9x, FAT32 partitions can be at least 2 Terabytes.

There is no "32gb" limitation with FAT32.

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Old 10-06-2009
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Re: Converting or formatting NTFS to FAT32

Hi all!

Wondering if any body had some advice, i recently formatted my external 1 tb drive, its was in fat 32 but now is ntfs and i use it on my ps3 but since its in ntfs my ps3 will not pick it up, i would like to put the whole thing back to fat32 i use vista, and so far had no joy, is there any programs or way of doing it thats easy and straight forward?

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Old 10-06-2009
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Re: Converting or formatting NTFS to FAT32

Just have your PS3 format it.

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