Cant get this drive to format fat32

better dylan · 08-20-2011, 08:28 PM

I tried doing the command line way it took twelve hours and now when i try to open it it says it needs to be formatted.
Windows will only let me format it as exfat or ntsf. I need it fat32 for ps3. any help would be appreciated

da_ticklah · 08-21-2011, 09:23 AM

tried the Gparted Live CD? it can create partitions in many formats

PS whats the drive size?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Al...on_Table#FAT32

"... limiting the FAT32 volume size to 2 TB ..."

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better dylan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 297	Cant get this drive to format fat32 I tried doing the command line way it took twelve hours and now when i try to open it it says it needs to be formatted. Windows will only let me format it as exfat or ntsf. I need it fat32 for ps3. any help would be appreciated
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da_ticklah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis 10 Posts: 1,534	tried the Gparted Live CD? it can create partitions in many formats PS whats the drive size? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Al...on_Table#FAT32 "... limiting the FAT32 volume size to 2 TB ..." Last edited by da_ticklah; 08-21-2011 at 12:00 PM.
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