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Lynn McGuire

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Since: Nov 24, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:44 pm Post subject: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive Archived from groups: comp>sys>ibm>pc>hardware>storage (more info?)

How does one reformat a 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive ? The format utility in Windows XP Pro says that the drive is too big. The drive came formatted FAT32 from Western Digital. Thanks, Lynn McGuire >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Tom Scales

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Plug it into a Windows 98 machine and reformat it. XP doesn't allow (in FDISK or FORMAT) Fat32 > 32GB but DOES run with it fine. Or format NTFS. Tom "Lynn McGuire" <NOSPAM.winsim.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.winsim.com> wrote in message news:4072eb69$0$17093$811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com... > How does one reformat a 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive ? > > The format utility in Windows XP Pro says that the drive is too big. > > The drive came formatted FAT32 from Western Digital. > > Thanks, > Lynn McGuire > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Tod

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

My two cents, Try getting Western Digitals hard drive utilities from their web site. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp#dlgtools" target="_blank">http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp#dlgtools</a> "Lynn McGuire" <NOSPAM.winsim DeleteThis @NOSPAM.winsim.com> wrote in message news:4072eb69$0$17093$811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com... > How does one reformat a 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive ? > > The format utility in Windows XP Pro says that the drive is too big. > > The drive came formatted FAT32 from Western Digital. > > Thanks, > Lynn McGuire > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Ian Roberts

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Lynn McGuire" <NOSPAM.winsim DeleteThis @NOSPAM.winsim.com> wrote in message news:4072eb69$0$17093$811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com... > How does one reformat a 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive ? > > The format utility in Windows XP Pro says that the drive is too big. > > The drive came formatted FAT32 from Western Digital. > > Thanks, > Lynn McGuire > > Have a look at Powerquests Partition Magic - I'm not sure off hand if it can see external USB drives but it would be worth a look to find out - see... <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.Powerquest.com" target="_blank">www.Powerquest.com</a> HTH Ian<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Will Dormann

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Tom Scales wrote: > Plug it into a Windows 98 machine and reformat it. XP doesn't allow (in > FDISK or FORMAT) Fat32 > 32GB but DOES run with it fine. Or just use a Win98 bootdisk. No reason to move the drive. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://bootdisk.com/" target="_blank">http://bootdisk.com/</a> -WD<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Rod Speed

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:51 am Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Will Dormann" <wdormann RemoveThis @yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message news:33Ecc.3348$Qv6.2928@fe2.columbus.rr.com... > Tom Scales wrote: > > > Plug it into a Windows 98 machine and reformat it. XP doesn't allow (in > > FDISK or FORMAT) Fat32 > 32GB but DOES run with it fine. > > > Or just use a Win98 bootdisk. No reason to move the drive. <font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://bootdisk.com/</font" target="_blank">http://bootdisk.com/</font</a>> If that will actually see a USB external drive properly.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Will Dormann

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:51 am Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Rod Speed wrote: > "Will Dormann" <wdormann.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message news:33Ecc.3348$Qv6.2928@fe2.columbus.rr.com... > >>Tom Scales wrote: >> >> >>>Plug it into a Windows 98 machine and reformat it. XP doesn't allow (in >>>FDISK or FORMAT) Fat32 > 32GB but DOES run with it fine. >> >> >>Or just use a Win98 bootdisk. No reason to move the drive. >>http://bootdisk.com/ > > > If that will actually see a USB external drive properly. Yeah there are bootdisks there with USB support that should work fine. -WD<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Toshi1873

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article <4072eb69$0$17093 $811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com>, NOSPAM.winsim.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.winsim.com says... > How does one reformat a 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive ? > > The format utility in Windows XP Pro says that the drive is too big. > > The drive came formatted FAT32 from Western Digital. > > Thanks, > Lynn McGuire > > Any particular reason that you don't just format it as NTFS? Or do you need to access the drive using older Win95/98 machines?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Lynn McGuire

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

> Any particular reason that you don't just format it as > NTFS? Or do you need to access the drive using older > Win95/98 machines? Just paranoid. I think that FAT32 is more universal but less efficient than NTFS. I'll probably have to give up and format it to NTFS one of these days. Thanks, Lynn<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Eric Gisin1

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

If you have Symantec/Norton Ghost, use "gdisk32 /cre /pri /for". Haven't tried it myself. I don't think you can run disk utilities from a DOS floppy with USB drivers. Anyone tried? "Lynn McGuire" <NOSPAM.winsim.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.winsim.com> wrote in message news:4072eb69$0$17093$811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com... > How does one reformat a 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive ? > > The format utility in Windows XP Pro says that the drive is too big. > > The drive came formatted FAT32 from Western Digital. > > Thanks, > Lynn McGuire > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Ohaya2

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Lynn McGuire" <NOSPAM.winsim RemoveThis @NOSPAM.winsim.com> wrote in message news:4074154c$0$17090$811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com... > > Any particular reason that you don't just format it as > > NTFS? Or do you need to access the drive using older > > Win95/98 machines? > > Just paranoid. I think that FAT32 is more universal but less > efficient than NTFS. I'll probably have to give up and format > it to NTFS one of these days. > > Thanks, > Lynn > Hi, I use BootitNG, and just got my drive into a USB2 enclosure, so I posted on their news server a couple of days ago, and they said that I should be able to do the partition work and formatting with BING (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com). Jim Again, I'm not associated with BING. Just a user...<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Toshi1873

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article <4074154c$0$17090 $811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com>, NOSPAM.winsim DeleteThis @NOSPAM.winsim.com says... > > Any particular reason that you don't just format it as > > NTFS? Or do you need to access the drive using older > > Win95/98 machines? > > Just paranoid. I think that FAT32 is more universal but less > efficient than NTFS. I'll probably have to give up and format > it to NTFS one of these days. > Lessee... NTFS is a journaled file system with all sorts of nifty extras like compression, security, encryption. FAT32 has none of those, drop the power while it's writing to a directory cluster and watch it all go to hell. (I haven't used FAT32 in probably 4 years after losing a month's worth of work due to it scrambling the disk.) Plus, you have the 2Gb file limit which causes problems when you work with large files. Your choice, but I'd be more paranoid using FAT32 then NTFS.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Peter3

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

FAT32 has 4GB file limit, not 2GB. "Toshi1873" <toshi1873.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1ade4bbdb70a2acb989831@news-50.giganews.com... > In article <4074154c$0$17090 > $811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com>, > NOSPAM.winsim.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.winsim.com says... > > > Any particular reason that you don't just format it as > > > NTFS? Or do you need to access the drive using older > > > Win95/98 machines? > > > > Just paranoid. I think that FAT32 is more universal but less > > efficient than NTFS. I'll probably have to give up and format > > it to NTFS one of these days. > > > > Lessee... NTFS is a journaled file system with all sorts > of nifty extras like compression, security, encryption. > > FAT32 has none of those, drop the power while it's > writing to a directory cluster and watch it all go to > hell. (I haven't used FAT32 in probably 4 years after > losing a month's worth of work due to it scrambling the > disk.) Plus, you have the 2Gb file limit which causes > problems when you work with large files. > > Your choice, but I'd be more paranoid using FAT32 then > NTFS. ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Ron Reaugh

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:12 am Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin RemoveThis @graffiti.net> wrote in message news:c51n9c023kd@enews2.newsguy.com... > If you have Symantec/Norton Ghost, use "gdisk32 /cre /pri /for". Haven't tried > it myself. > > I don't think you can run disk utilities from a DOS floppy with USB drivers. > Anyone tried? I think there's a DOS Firewire solution available....Sony maybe?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

Ohaya2

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:25 am Post subject: Re: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Eric, BootitNG will do this, as I posted. Jim "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin.RemoveThis@graffiti.net> wrote in message news:c51n9c023kd@enews2.newsguy.com... > If you have Symantec/Norton Ghost, use "gdisk32 /cre /pri /for". Haven't tried > it myself. > > I don't think you can run disk utilities from a DOS floppy with USB drivers. > Anyone tried? > > "Lynn McGuire" <NOSPAM.winsim.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.winsim.com> wrote in message > news:4072eb69$0$17093$811e409b@news.mylinuxisp.com... > > How does one reformat a 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive ? > > > > The format utility in Windows XP Pro says that the drive is too big. > > > > The drive came formatted FAT32 from Western Digital. > > > > Thanks, > > Lynn McGuire > > > > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: reformat 200 GB FAT32 external usb2 hard drive

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