Formatting an external hard drive to FAT32 using vista

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• Anyone know where I can get a formatting tool to format an external hard drive to FAT32?

  Anyone know where I can get a formatting tool to format an external hard drive to FAT32 using OEM of Windows 7 (32 bit).

  I want to use a Western Digital elements external Hard Drive 500 GB/GB on my Panasonic Blu RAY recorder DMR-BW850.

  Formatting on W7 tool reformatted hard drives only as exFAT, who does not work, works only FAT32.

  original title: FAT32 formatting help

  Throw on this article. This can be easily done from the command prompt.

  http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/formatting-external-hard-drive-to-FAT-32/

  Remember that you cannot store a file that is greater than 4 GB on a FAT32 partition.

• To format an external hard drive (1 TB) FAT32 in NTFS file system.

  Hello
  I recently bought nine Transcend (TS1TSJ25M3) 1 TB External Hard Drive

  who is in the FAT32 file system. There are currently 930 GB of free space available. I decided to convert

  It is in the NTFS file system. So:

  First of all, there is no data in the player (it's free)

  Second, how much space will I get after formatting to NTFS file system?

  And third: is it possible to do this in Windows 7 64 - bit OS, or do I have to use another OS?

  Please I need answers to my doubts.

  Hi Dev,

  Thank you for choosing to post your request in the Microsoft forums.

  I understand that you want to format an external hard drive, that has been converted to NTFS. Yes it is possible in Windows 7 to format a NTFS drive. Check out the link.

  Formatting disks and drives

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/formatting-disks-and-drives

  (Information and methods provided for in article also applies to Windows 7)

  For more information on FAT and NTFS refer the link.

  File systems by comparing NTFS and FAT

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/comparing-NTFS-and-FAT-file-systems

  If you have any other questions, please let us know, we will be happy to help you.

• How to format an external hard drive in el capitan

  How to format an external hard drive in el capitan?

  I have a new iMac and bought a WD 2 TB hard drive. The manual says that I have to reformat the hard disk to use it with OS X.

  I opened the disk utility program, but there is no button to format the hard drive.

  How can I manage to reformat the hard drive?

  Select the external drive, and then click clear. Format Mac OS Extended journaled. If you want the drive to be bootable partition with the Guid partition scheme.

• Formatting an external hard drive

  How to format an external hard drive in Windows XP? Can you give me instructions? Thank you.

  Hello
  I hope this url has answered your question http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/advanced/ntfs.mspx please click on the check mark as answered check mark on this Page if this post solves your problem, because it helps people who need quick access to answers THANKS AND GOOD LUCK

• External hard drive does not work. Is there another way I could solve the problem without formatting the external hard drive?

  My external hard drive works. I tried to plug and when I tried to open it, it says to format the drive until I could use it. Everything works well as when I plugged the USB icon shown on the screen. When I check the disk management, it showed that the partition of the drive is there.

  I tried to change the drive letters, but still having the same problem. I also tried to run the disk check on the command prompt and the properties of the drive, but it still can not because there is error popping up saying that the disk check cannot be performed because Windows cannot access the disk.

  Is there another way I could solve the problem without formatting the external hard drive?

  I tried the first step in troubleshooting the hard drive, but it gives a
  error in saying that "hardware changes might not have been detected.

  So I tried the second method, and when I click on the "Check now" button his
  gives an error saying that "the disk check cannot be performed because .
  Windows can not access the disk".".

  So is there any other way or option?

  Thank you

  Jason

• Do I need an external hard drive if I use iCloud?

  Do I need an external hard drive if I use iCloud?  I had used a Western Digital My Book Essential Edition, 500 GB, for the past 7 years.  It kept blinking and blinks so I unplugged probably too old.

  Now, I'm wondering if I should get another external hard drive or if iCloud does automatic backups.  I'm not too knowledgeable on these things and would appreciate help.

  I use a Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite.

  Thank you!

  Yes, you need an external hard drive to back up your Mac.  iCloud or iCloud library reader are not a backup of your data and documents.  Are the copy job. Get a new external drive with enough storage - Lear three times the size of the internal drive of your Mac and then set up Time Machine.

• I have a WD external hard drive that I used for a while and all of a sudden I can't.

  The device is a USB connected external hard drive. I used it on a regular basis until today. When I connect it it seems to connect (it lights up), and when he did it before she would open a window that would ask if I wanted to open and examine its contents. It does not now. When I go to Start computer it is no longer present upward with the other HD etc. I took it on another computer and it worked fine. I wonder if a driver does not work?

  Restore points should be back fairly in time, if you have enabled the restoration of the system.

  Read the information contained in the links I provided. about how to use system restore.

  You do not accept the available Restore Point.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Samsung S2 Portable HXMU050DA 500 GB external hard drive not compatible windows vista

  This is the first time im connect my external hard drive. im running windows vista and I get a message on the pilot is not not compatible or that I need to download a driver, so I went to the samsung support page and I couldn't find the driver... Please help

  This is the first time im connect my external hard drive. im running windows vista and I get a message on the pilot is not not compatible or that I need to download a driver, so I went to the samsung support page and I couldn't find the driver... Please help

  Click here for the driver:

  http://www.Samsung.com/us/support/supportDownloadCenter.do?prd_ia_cd=N0000428&prd_mdl_cd=HXMU050DA&prd_mdl_name=HXMU050DA

• Format an external hard drive (1 TB) FAT32 in NTFS file system

  Hello
  I recently bought nine Transcend (TS1TSJ25M3) 1 TB External Hard Drive

  who is in the FAT32 file system. There are currently 930 GB of free space available. I decided to convert 
  it to NTFS File system. So first of all, there is no data in thePlayer(it's free)
  Second, how much space will get after the formatting in NTFS file system?
  And third: is it possible to do it on Windows 7 64-bit OS, or do I have to use another OS?
  Please I need answers to my doubts.

  In Windows Explorer, right-click on the drive and select Format. Choose NTFS as method in shape.

  You will have 930MB after formatting. The rule is that you have 7% less space than the nominal capacity, which allows the difference between the ability of manufacturers of discs (1 GB = 10 ^ 6) and the ability of Windows (1 GB = 2 ^ 10) and space unusable, drawn upward by the method in shape.

• Windows 7 asks Me to format the Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive I've used for more than a month

  I used Seagate FreeAgent as my external hard drive for more than a month now, but recently I am unable to access Windows 7 asks me to format it to use it. Somehow I can format the HDD without losing my data?  Or does perform a work around?

  Hi NuVille,

  Before perform us any of the steps, first of all I suggest you to create a backup of the data stored in your external hard drive on another computer.

  To save the data, you can connect your external hard drive on another computer and copy all the files and folders on the other computer. Later, you can connect the external drive to the Windows 7 computer and try to run the disk error checking and check if that helps you solve the problem.

  Access the link below and follow the steps to check the drive for errors and fix it.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/check-a-drive-for-errors

  After completing the disc you error checking, try to check if you can access the drive.

  If the steps above do not I suggest you try to format the hard drive. Access the link below and follow the steps to format the hard drive.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

  Note: there is no way to format without losing any data on the disk. Formatting the drive will erase all data.  This is why you must back up the data before formatting the hard drive.

  I hope this helps. Let us know the results.

  Thank you and best regards,

  Srinivas R Microsoft technical support.
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• Re: Need to format an internal hard drive in FAT32, how?

  OK, this is no playstation forum but bear with me.

  I bought a new samsung 1 TB drive HARD internal to my playstation 3 but it can't recognize him, probably because it is not formatted in FAT32. I need to format this drive. I tried to put in an old laptop and do it, but the connections are different. I put in my Satellite A500-12W and thought using an old windows XP cd and find a 'format' instead of the installation option. However, the computer would not boot from the CD with the new drive in. I got the error message:

  "PXE - E61: media test failure, check cable for.
  "PXE - MOF: exit Pxe rom.

  The drive is new and should not be defective. I had created satellite before recovery discs so I put the number 1 and then I reached the installation process, but it seemed that I had no choice but to install all of the thing which is 4 DVD and when I did it before that I remember it being a working day (formatting often is with all OK that must be pressed) and I work a lot these days , I would like to avoid making a complete installation just to be able to felete it again and format it to FAT32. Since we are talking about the internal drive I can't do it just Windows because there is no windows on it...

  The user manual has nothing useful to contribute, I looked through the installer looking for a 'format' option but does.

  Can someone help me? For example can I enter in MS-DOS without an OS istalled and do it from there? What I want is a FAT32 HDD is empty...

  If possible, connect the new HARD drive to a computer as a external HARD drive and try to change it to FAT 32.
  PartitionMagic application of best and powerful enough to do this.

  Googling around you will find NTFS to FAT32 converter. Something like Aomei NTFS to FAT32 Converter. Check it out.

• Question: How can I format an external hard drive

  I am trying to use an external hard drive with Time Machine.  He tells me that my external must be formatted in a format "journaled". I can't find any way to do it and the Mac is do not do it either. Can someone tell me how to proceed so that Time Machine works to put in shape?

  If Time Machine is not reformat the disk itself, choose Utilities in the Finder Go menu, open disk utility, select the drive in the sidebar and delete it.

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• Since I downloaded El Capitan I think I can't paste it into my external hard drive.  I use to download my card reader, copy it, and then download to a new folder on the external drive.  It will not work now and nor can I create new folders on the hard dr

  I used to download pictures from a card reader, copy them, and then stick it on my external hard drive.  Since El Capitan of download, it does not work - I can download and copy, but can not stick to the external hard drive.  I can't set up the files on the external hard drive either.  However, I can download what is already on the external hard drive without any problem.

  How the external drive is formatted?

• is it possible to convert an external hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS?

  I have a WD 1 TB HARD drive with FAT32 extension and I try to copy files larger than 4 GB (which does NOT support the FAT32). I've been looking for a solution and I found that the best solution is converted to NTFS.

  My questions are, is there another way? If there is no other way, is there a possibility of data loss? How to convert?

  Convert to NTFS will not result in data loss (of course, there is always that chance but it is not intended to do and I haven't heard any problems with how it works under Vista) If you follow the instructions below.

  There is no other way if you want to copy the largest filses - only NtFS that will allow.  NTFS is better anyway because it also gives you more options seciurity and is better designed (in addition to being able to handle files of any size).

  Here is the procedure: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Convert-a-hard-disk-or-partition-to-NTFS-format.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck.

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