ntfs to fat32

[jerry]

Hello,
I have a hard drive, used as a slave, and was changed from fat32 to ntfs. I
am giving it to my daughter, but she must use as fat32. I am using winxp.
How do I format the drive so she can use it on her computer?
Thanks,
jsm

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello,
I have a hard drive, used as a slave, and was changed from fat32 to ntfs. I
am giving it to my daughter, but she must use as fat32. I am using winxp.
How do I format the drive so she can use it on her computer?
Thanks,
jsm

You launch the Storage Manager, delete the NTFS partition, then
create a FAT32 partition and format it. You will, of course, lose
all data.

 

[Art]

Pegasus wrote...

You launch the Storage Manager, delete the NTFS partition, then
create a FAT32 partition and format it. You will, of course, lose
all data.

Jerry:
Pegasus' instructions are fine assuming the hard drive in question does not
exceed 32 GB in capacity. If it's a 40 GB disk or larger, the Disk
Management utility in XP (Start > right-click My Computer > Manage > Disk
Management) will be able to partition & format the disk only up to a maximum
of 32 GB in FAT32. If you require a single FAT32 partition encompassing the
full capacity of the disk greater than 32 GB, then you will have to use the
FDISK and FORMAT commands from a Win9x/Me startup (floppy) disk to do so
after first using FDISK to delete the NTFS partition. If you don't have a
Win9x/Me startup disk, you can download a DOS boot disk with these commands
from a number of sites on the net. Just do a Google search for "DOS boot
disk".
Art

 

[Bob Harris]

If you need a bootable floppy, with FDISK and FORMAT, go to
www.bootdisk.com. They have several from which to choose.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

He justs needs to delete the partition and move it to the other PC.
Assuming that the other PC is not using XP, they should:

1) FDISK to create the new partition

2) Format the drive in Fat32.