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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB
files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. I followed KB link http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 to format the new SATAII HDD. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. I think it's too tedious and risky to change my old HDD partition format. Could someone suggest methods for me to copy data safely from my FAT32 formatted HDD to this SATA HDD ? Tks |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
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----------------------------------------------------------- I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. You can copy files from Fat32 partition to NTFS partition without any loss. -- Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ] ------------- Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/ ------------- |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
"emil_lam" wrote in message
ups.com... I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. I followed KB link http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 to format the new SATAII HDD. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. I think it's too tedious and risky to change my old HDD partition format. Could someone suggest methods for me to copy data safely from my FAT32 formatted HDD to this SATA HDD ? Having the new drive NTFS should not impact copying from a FAT32 drive. Why couldn't you copy the files? What happened when you tried? |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
You are incorrect in your thinking. If a drive with a FAT32 partition is
installed in an XP system with NTFS drives, there are no issues at all copying the data from the FAT32 drive to the NTFS drive. How about starting from the beginning with your problem rather than guessing at a solution. -- __________________________________________________ _________ Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "emil_lam" wrote in message ups.com... I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. I followed KB link http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 to format the new SATAII HDD. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. I think it's too tedious and risky to change my old HDD partition format. Could someone suggest methods for me to copy data safely from my FAT32 formatted HDD to this SATA HDD ? Tks |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
emil_lam wrote:
I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. I followed KB link http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 to format the new SATAII HDD. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. I think it's too tedious and risky to change my old HDD partition format. Could someone suggest methods for me to copy data safely from my FAT32 formatted HDD to this SATA HDD ? NTFS and FAT32 don't really have incompatibilities - it's just that FAT32 has no security and NTFS does - not to mention the other limitations on FAT32 that NTFS does not have. You would need to use a third party tool if you want to stick with the older FAT32 file system. Also - if one of those partitions you are copying is your boot - you should just consider an imaging application and let it handle everything for you. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
emil_lam wrote:
Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Because FAT32 will only recognise partitions up to 32 GB in size...hence FAT "32"..... |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
Windows XP cannot format FAT32 drives (partitions) larger than 32 GB but
it can mount larger FAT32 drives formated by other operating systems or disk/partitioning/formating utilities. Formating such large drive FAT32 would be a waste of disk space anyway, there is nothing stopping you from copying the data from FAT32 drives to NTFS so I would suggest that you use the NTFS file system. John emil_lam wrote: I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. I followed KB link http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 to format the new SATAII HDD. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. I think it's too tedious and risky to change my old HDD partition format. Could someone suggest methods for me to copy data safely from my FAT32 formatted HDD to this SATA HDD ? Tks |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
emil_lam wrote:
I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. I followed KB link http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 to format the new SATAII HDD. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, No, not at all true. There are no such incompatabilities. Windows XP can read and use NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, and FAT12, in any and all combinations--separately or together-- and regardless of what file system it itself is installed on. I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. I think it's too tedious and risky to change my old HDD partition format. Could someone suggest methods for me to copy data safely from my FAT32 formatted HDD to this SATA HDD ? Make the new drive NTFS and just copy it. There should be no problem. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
partition the new drive to the same size and format fat32. also look into a
disk partitioning utility. "emil_lam" wrote: I just bought the mentioned 320GB HDD and intended to copy over 60GB files from old UDMA 33 HDDs which were all formatted in FAT32. I followed KB link http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 to format the new SATAII HDD. Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Since NTFS & FAT32 partitions were incompatible, I couldn't copy the files to this new drive unless I changed all my old drive partitions to NTFS. I think it's too tedious and risky to change my old HDD partition format. Could someone suggest methods for me to copy data safely from my FAT32 formatted HDD to this SATA HDD ? Tks |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
Gordon wrote:
emil_lam wrote: Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Because FAT32 will only recognise partitions up to 32 GB in size...hence FAT "32"..... Have you never seen a Windows 9x/ME computer using larger drives/partitions than 32GB? It can see and recognize WAY bigger than that, up to 127 with the proper motherboard/BIOS and way bigger than that with a controller card that has support for these operating systems. John |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
Umm, no it won't, XP only allows you to create FAT32 partitions of up to
32GB, they can be created much larger. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154997 -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Gordon" wrote in message ... emil_lam wrote: Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Because FAT32 will only recognise partitions up to 32 GB in size...hence FAT "32"..... |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
Rock ¼g¹D¡G Having the new drive NTFS should not impact copying from a FAT32 drive. Why couldn't you copy the files? What happened when you tried? My PC has 2 IDE bus & 2 SATA slot, My old UDMA-33 disk were already there, w/ FAT32 partitions & XP installed. I just added one SATA HDD to the SATA0 slot and use XP to format it. Only NTFS partition creation allowed by XP. And XP installation at FAT32 partition couldn't recognize the newly formatted NTFS partition except it's drive letter. |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
"emil_lam" wrote in message
ps.com... Rock ¼g¹D¡G Having the new drive NTFS should not impact copying from a FAT32 drive. Why couldn't you copy the files? What happened when you tried? My PC has 2 IDE bus & 2 SATA slot, My old UDMA-33 disk were already there, w/ FAT32 partitions & XP installed. I just added one SATA HDD to the SATA0 slot and use XP to format it. Only NTFS partition creation allowed by XP. And XP installation at FAT32 partition couldn't recognize the newly formatted NTFS partition except it's drive letter. You have something else going on, but it's not related to NTFS vs. FAT32. |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
Hi,
Have a look at disk management and see what the status of the SATA drive is. Right click on "my computer" and select "manage" then select "disk management". You should have been prompted to install drivers at some stage for the SATA drive, did that happen.?? Neil |
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How to format 320GB drive to FAT32
I had a chuckle over that one.
- It's called FAT 32 because the FAT supports 32 bit (4 byte) data entries. - FAT32 supports drives up to 2 terabytes in size, but is enormously wasteful of disk space because of the large cluster size needed. - Windows XP and 2000 will recognize FAT 32 partitions of any permitted size, but will not allow formatting a hard drive to greater than 32GB. -- "Gordon" wrote in message ... emil_lam wrote: Windows XP only gave NTFS as partition type option. Because FAT32 will only recognise partitions up to 32 GB in size...hence FAT "32"..... |
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