1 big Fat32 partition on mobile usb hard disk

uni1313 · 31st December 2004, 14:01

Is there a free program that can format a usb mobile harddisk in 1 big fat32 partition (40 GB).
Diskmanagement in WinXP is limeted to 32 GB.
A bootdisk with Fdisk from Win98SE does not work, or I am doing something wrong with usb harddisks.

The harddisk is a LACIE 40 GB.

jmke · 31st December 2004, 14:31

weird that WinXP doesn't want to format it larger because FAT32 paritions can be quite big

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

uni1313 · 31st December 2004, 16:06

Correct but Microsoft wants that users use NTFS. I formatted the drive in NTFS, but this gives me security problems if it is linked to other pc's like at work (where I am not the same user). Partition Magic can format big FAT32 partitions but it is not free, and I am not going to pay for a program which I use extremely rarely.

31st December 2004, 14:01	#1
uni1313 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 123	1 big Fat32 partition on mobile usb hard disk Is there a free program that can format a usb mobile harddisk in 1 big fat32 partition (40 GB). Diskmanagement in WinXP is limeted to 32 GB. A bootdisk with Fdisk from Win98SE does not work, or I am doing something wrong with usb harddisks. The harddisk is a LACIE 40 GB. __________________ Sapphire A9rd580adv, AMD64 X2 4200+, 2048 MB DDR OCZ, HIS 3870 Iceq3 , Soundblaster X-Fi, WD 320 GB, Plextor PX-755A, Lian-Li PC 6070, Corair HX 620W PSU, Zalman CNPS9500

31st December 2004, 14:31	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,458	weird that WinXP doesn't want to format it larger because FAT32 paritions can be quite big http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm __________________

31st December 2004, 16:06	#3
uni1313 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 123	Correct but Microsoft wants that users use NTFS. I formatted the drive in NTFS, but this gives me security problems if it is linked to other pc's like at work (where I am not the same user). Partition Magic can format big FAT32 partitions but it is not free, and I am not going to pay for a program which I use extremely rarely. __________________ Sapphire A9rd580adv, AMD64 X2 4200+, 2048 MB DDR OCZ, HIS 3870 Iceq3 , Soundblaster X-Fi, WD 320 GB, Plextor PX-755A, Lian-Li PC 6070, Corair HX 620W PSU, Zalman CNPS9500

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