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Old 12-13-2006   #1 (permalink)
markusallen
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Convert drive from NTFS to FAT32 in Vista

I'm trying to convert an NTFS drive to FAT32, but when I try to format, NTFS
is the only option available. My Drive is 120GB. How can I reformat in FAT32?

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Old 12-13-2006   #2 (permalink)
Michael Price
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Re: Convert drive from NTFS to FAT32 in Vista

I expect you will actually have to delete and recreate the partition then
format in FAT32.


"markusallen" <markusallen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:799C7B6F-FBB2-4AFD-B002-62F24E3B5185@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to convert an NTFS drive to FAT32, but when I try to format,
> NTFS
> is the only option available. My Drive is 120GB. How can I reformat in
> FAT32?


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Old 12-13-2006   #3 (permalink)
Roy Coorne
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Re: Convert drive from NTFS to FAT32 in Vista

markusallen schrieb:
> I'm trying to convert an NTFS drive to FAT32, but when I try to format, NTFS
> is the only option available. My Drive is 120GB. How can I reformat in FAT32?


In Vista? You can't.


Roy
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Old 12-13-2006   #4 (permalink)
Chris
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Re: Convert drive from NTFS to FAT32 in Vista

format volume [/fs:file-system] [/v:label] [/q] [/a:UnitSize] [/c] [/x]

where...

/fs:file-system : Specifies the file system to use FAT, FAT32, or NTFS
Floppy disks can use only the FAT file system

hth.

Chris

"markusallen" <markusallen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:799C7B6F-FBB2-4AFD-B002-62F24E3B5185@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to convert an NTFS drive to FAT32, but when I try to format,
> NTFS
> is the only option available. My Drive is 120GB. How can I reformat in
> FAT32?


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Old 12-13-2006   #5 (permalink)
markusallen
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Re: Convert drive from NTFS to FAT32 in Vista

Thank you. I figured out the problem was I couldn't creat partitions greater
than 32GB. Once I changed partition size to less than 32GB, the options for
FAT32 appeared in the dropdown.

Thanks,

"Chris" wrote:

> format volume [/fs:file-system] [/v:label] [/q] [/a:UnitSize] [/c] [/x]
>
> where...
>
> /fs:file-system : Specifies the file system to use FAT, FAT32, or NTFS
> Floppy disks can use only the FAT file system
>
> hth.
>
> Chris
>
> "markusallen" <markusallen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:799C7B6F-FBB2-4AFD-B002-62F24E3B5185@microsoft.com...
> > I'm trying to convert an NTFS drive to FAT32, but when I try to format,
> > NTFS
> > is the only option available. My Drive is 120GB. How can I reformat in
> > FAT32?

>
>

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Old 12-14-2006   #6 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper
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Re: Convert drive from NTFS to FAT32 in Vista

Vista does not support FAT32 partitions.

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"markusallen" <markusallen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:799C7B6F-FBB2-4AFD-B002-62F24E3B5185@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to convert an NTFS drive to FAT32, but when I try to format,
> NTFS
> is the only option available. My Drive is 120GB. How can I reformat in
> FAT32?



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