i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT for use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there another
way of formating them
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grapes

Vista and XP are limited to 32 GB when creating a FAT32 partition. If you
want to use partitions bigger than 32 GB with FAT32 you will need to use a
third party program to format the partitions.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...eeware&met a=

I use Acronis Disk Director but it is not free.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing.../diskdirector/

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Kerry Brown
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"Craig008" wrote in message
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i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT for
use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there
another
way of formating them
--
grapes

cool thanks for that, i will just use many partitions, for different things i
think, 32gb is big enough for most and i will have more than one so it will
be OK. thanks for your help
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grapes


"Kerry Brown" wrote:

Vista and XP are limited to 32 GB when creating a FAT32 partition. If you
want to use partitions bigger than 32 GB with FAT32 you will need to use a
third party program to format the partitions.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...eeware&met a=

I use Acronis Disk Director but it is not free.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing.../diskdirector/

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"Craig008" wrote in message
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i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT for
use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there
another
way of formating them
--
grapes

Be aware that FAT32 also has a limit to the largest file size (4 GB). When
formatting external drives that need to be shared with devices that don't
work with NTFS I usually make one or two 32 GB FAT32 partitions then format
the rest of the drive as NTFS. This allows me to store files larger than 4
GB on the drive. This is useful for backups, video files, etc.

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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"Craig008" wrote in message
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cool thanks for that, i will just use many partitions, for different
things i
think, 32gb is big enough for most and i will have more than one so it
will
be OK. thanks for your help
--
grapes


"Kerry Brown" wrote:

Vista and XP are limited to 32 GB when creating a FAT32 partition. If you
want to use partitions bigger than 32 GB with FAT32 you will need to use
a
third party program to format the partitions.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...eeware&met a=

I use Acronis Disk Director but it is not free.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing.../diskdirector/

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"Craig008" wrote in message
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i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT
for
use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there
another
way of formating them
--
grapes

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:54:01 -0800, Craig008
wrote:

i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT for use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there another
way of formating them

Make your partitions SMALLER than 32GB, and you will be able to format them as
FAT/FAT32.

This is because Vista will NOT allow one to create a FAT32 partition LARGER than
32GB.

Sorry, friend.

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This is the tool you are looking for:
CompuApps SwissKnife V3.22
http://www.compuapps.com/Download/sw...swissknife.htm
It will allow you to format jumbo size partitions in FAT32.
Carlos

"Craig008" wrote:

i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT for use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there another
way of formating them
--
grapes

yeh tried that, it didnt work for some reason but found this instead
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197
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grapes


"Carlos" wrote:

This is the tool you are looking for:
CompuApps SwissKnife V3.22
http://www.compuapps.com/Download/sw...swissknife.htm
It will allow you to format jumbo size partitions in FAT32.
Carlos

"Craig008" wrote:

i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT for use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there another
way of formating them
--
grapes

Craig008;546385 Wrote:
i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT
for use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there
another
way of formating them
--
grapes

Donald L McDaniel;546573 Wrote:
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:54:01 -0800, Craig008
Craig008@xxxxxx wrote:

i am having a problem with formating a couple of external HDDs to FAT
for use
with PS3, vista will only allow me to format them to NTFS, is there
another
way of formating them

Make your partitions SMALLER than 32GB, and you will be able to
format them as
FAT/FAT32.

This is because Vista will NOT allow one to create a FAT32 partition
LARGER than
32GB.

Sorry, friend.

--

Donald L. McDaniel
Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup.
--------------------------------------------------

This is a old thread but all this wrong infomation must be cleared
up....

Vista can format using FAT/FAT32 and it works with any USB device of
ANY size using DOS...

just type *format /FS:FAT32 x:*

replace x with the drive letter and Vista will format the device
without any issues.


Steven


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How do you fat32 format a Notebook 160GB HDD in an external case? I
tried the cmd method above and after it formatted for over an hour it
said it was to large.


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You can not format a drive over 32 Gb in Fat 32.
You have to format in NTFS.

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"Double" wrote in message
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How do you fat32 format a Notebook 160GB HDD in an external case? I
tried the cmd method above and after it formatted for over an hour it
said it was to large.


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