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deasy100 · 03-01-12, 06:00 PM

hi, just bought an external hard drive. i need to get this to FAT32 although i'm not getting the option to do this through windows. its only offering me ntfs. i then downloaded software that allowed me to format my drive to FAT32. the trouble is that now my drive has only got just under 200gb free space and its a 500gb drive.

any advice on my problem would be great thanks

BL4K3Y · 03-01-12, 06:01 PM

Try this, it works a treat (many XBOX 360 JTAG/RGH users use it to format their external drives).

edds · 03-01-12, 06:02 PM

There's freeware out that should do a convert to fat32 for you. I believe Easeus do a free version that handles your needs.

deasy100 · 03-01-12, 06:22 PM

thanks for that guys, i'll give them a go

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deasy100 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fife Posts: 676 Thanks: 165 Thanked 194 Times in 143 Posts	formatting to FAT32 hi, just bought an external hard drive. i need to get this to FAT32 although i'm not getting the option to do this through windows. its only offering me ntfs. i then downloaded software that allowed me to format my drive to FAT32. the trouble is that now my drive has only got just under 200gb free space and its a 500gb drive. any advice on my problem would be great thanks

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BL4K3Y Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 7,004 Thanks: 247 Thanked 1,319 Times in 1,211 Posts	Re: formatting to FAT32 Try this, it works a treat (many XBOX 360 JTAG/RGH users use it to format their external drives).

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edds Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 213 Thanks: 17 Thanked 38 Times in 36 Posts	Re: formatting to FAT32 There's freeware out that should do a convert to fat32 for you. I believe Easeus do a free version that handles your needs. Last edited by edds; 03-01-12 at 06:02 PM. Reason: Blakey beat me to it, lol

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deasy100 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fife Posts: 676 Thanks: 165 Thanked 194 Times in 143 Posts	Re: formatting to FAT32 thanks for that guys, i'll give them a go