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Old August 3rd 08, 09:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Irwin
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Hello. I bought a WD 500 GB external hard drive with a fat32
partition. Using the xp manage dialog, I wiped the partition and want
to put a 250 gb partition. The new partition wizard will allow a 500
gb partition, but if I click the down arrow, it goes to 18 gb. If I
type 250 gb, then it puts in 18 gb. Why won't this work?

Thanks,
IMF
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Old August 3rd 08, 11:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
philo
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"Irwin" wrote in message
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Hello. I bought a WD 500 GB external hard drive with a fat32
partition. Using the xp manage dialog, I wiped the partition and want
to put a 250 gb partition. The new partition wizard will allow a 500
gb partition, but if I click the down arrow, it goes to 18 gb. If I
type 250 gb, then it puts in 18 gb. Why won't this work?

Thanks,
IMF



Use disk management and do not use FAT32.
use NTFS.

XP can only create up to a 32gig fat32 partition

(don't know why you only got 18gigs though)


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Old September 19th 10, 07:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Dragon
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Create Partition, Delete Partition, Format Partition


On Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:28 PM philo wrote:


Use disk management and do not use FAT32.
use NTFS.

XP can only create up to a 32gig fat32 partition

(do not know why you only got 18gigs though)



On Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:01 AM Irwin wrote:


Hello. I bought a WD 500 GB external hard drive with a fat32
partition. Using the xp manage dialog, I wiped the partition and want
to put a 250 gb partition. The new partition wizard will allow a 500
gb partition, but if I click the down arrow, it goes to 18 gb. If I
type 250 gb, then it puts in 18 gb. Why won't this work?

Thanks,
IMF



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Old September 19th 10, 01:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Deadhead from egghead answering to a 2 year old post

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"Dragon" wrote in message
...
As a Partition Manager Server, MiniTool Partition Wizard provides powerful and
professional functions to manage partition including:

Merge Partition: Merge adjacent partitions without data loss
Hot Extending: Extend NTFS Windows system partition without reboot
Windows and Linux file system: Support FAT12/FAT16/FAT32, NTFS and Linux Ext2,
Ext3 system
Move/Resize Partition: Change your partition size without data loss nor
reinstallation
Partition Recovery: Restore partition after accidental deletion or partition table
damage
Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk without data loss
Partition copy, Disk copy to easy backup and transfer your data
Create Partition, Delete Partition, Format Partition


On Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:28 PM philo wrote:


Use disk management and do not use FAT32.
use NTFS.

XP can only create up to a 32gig fat32 partition

(do not know why you only got 18gigs though)



On Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:01 AM Irwin wrote:


Hello. I bought a WD 500 GB external hard drive with a fat32
partition. Using the xp manage dialog, I wiped the partition and want
to put a 250 gb partition. The new partition wizard will allow a 500
gb partition, but if I click the down arrow, it goes to 18 gb. If I
type 250 gb, then it puts in 18 gb. Why won't this work?

Thanks,
IMF



Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
Silverlight Binary Serialization and Compression with WCF Services
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...-services.aspx


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Old September 21st 10, 12:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
philo[_3_]
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On 09/19/2010 07:27 AM, Peter Foldes wrote:
Deadhead from egghead answering to a 2 year old post




I'll be darned

there was my two year old reply!
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Old September 21st 10, 12:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Peter Foldes
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LOL

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"philo" wrote in message
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On 09/19/2010 07:27 AM, Peter Foldes wrote:
Deadhead from egghead answering to a 2 year old post




I'll be darned

there was my two year old reply!


 




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