HELP!!!.. I have one 250GB HD, partitioned into drive C: and a Drive D: Drive C: is formatted as NTFS file?

Question

system, and I want to partition drive D: as FAT32 format,When i try to format drive d:, it only gives me an option to format as NTFS and not Fat32, what am i doing wrong. PLEASE HELP

Answer 1

Just download this

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4981

burn it into a cd

boot from this cd and format d drive in fat32

careful though dont format c drive!!

Answer 2

If a drive has an NTFS then it uses that as a default and will format other drives in the same way. As you obviously know what you are doing may I suggest a visit to www. Hyperos.com. There program software is fantastic and worth every penny. It uses Part ion magic, but allows you to put a different OS on each of the part ions if you wish, it also allows you to make a copy of the OS that is on each part ion so you never have to format again this includes NTFS as well as 98/XP/vesta. take a look you will be supposedly impressed I have used this particular system for about 5 years now and found it to be very stable. You can have 2 or even 3 XP os on the same computer if you wish so that if one fails you can move to the next and repair that later so you have no interruptions Hope this helps well worth considering I recommend it.
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Answer 3

You are not doing anything wrong. Bill gates decided, as of Windows XP, that no one would ever want to format their hard drive with FAT32 anymore, so he take away that feature from Windows.

You can still do it if you boot your computer using a Windows 98 boot disk. (Go to http://bootdisk.com and download one if you need it). The PC should boot into DOS and you can format the D drive with FAT32 from there.

You can also do it using the Windows XP install CD. Boot from the Cd and let it start the Windows install. Right after you do the F8 to agree, you will be asked if you want to format or parition the hard drive. You can select the D drive and format it FAT32 from there.

Be creful when formatting from DOS or the Windows CD that you select the right partition (D Drive) so that you do not accidently wipe your C drive.

Answer 4

partitions don't physically split the drive. If you had the read write heads trying to format data two different ways it wouldn't be in your best interest. Why would you want FAT 32 anyway? NTFS has faster access times. The only thing that is good about FAT is that you don't have as many empty spaces. I would just format NTFS.

Answer 5

merely copying the records won't artwork. as quickly as u format the os partition the installation is out of date. So create a image of the os partition , i advise (Acronis real image) Norto Ghost additionally does a similar interest.the image would be a backup for u, in case u make a mistake. Now use cleanup methods. Registry cleaners, Cluster device, additionally uninstall the undesirable s/w form the archives u want. word : Restoring from the image will take u back to the way it became earlier began the cleanup. so formating is ineffective.

Answer 6

NTFS is the now the standard especially for the second hardrive (D). So some won't allow you to proceed unless you format using the fdisk command

Good luck,

Freddy
Remote PC Technician

Answer 7

First of all.. how are you trying to partition the hard drive? what Program? any why on gods green earth would u use fat32?

Answer 8

why do you want FAT32???NTFS is better...
if you want to make it as a FAT32 delete the partition using the computer management(go to disk management)., after deleting it make another partition., and select FAT32

Answer 9

sure windows from win2k only let you do FAT32 in small size around 32Gb ... but there are another solution for you to do that.

go to this link http://www1.mager.org/mkdosfs/

download mkdosfs.zip and use it read the manual carefully it is free program for windows

Andi Ahdin
Indonesia