Formatting HDD's
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:47 am
Use either
http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/
or
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index. ... format.htm
Windows cannot format a volume larger than 32GB using the FAT32 file system
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... US;Q314463&
so using either Windows built in Device Manager DEVMGMT.MSC or FDISK to format the drive is useless.
Files larger than 4GB can't be stored on the FAT32 file system either.
This limitation is by design and according to Microsoft was imposed because many tasks on a very large FAT32 file system become slow and inefficient. This limitation can be bypassed by using third-party formatting utilities above Windows Me supports the FAT32 file system without any limits. However, similarly to Windows 95/98/98SE there is no native support for 48-bit LBA in Windows ME, meaning that the maximum disk size for disks in ME is 137GB 28-bit LBA.
32-bit LBA 2TB in swiss.
Use speccy to get details of your hdd, untick the google install options.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_speccy
http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/
or
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index. ... format.htm
Windows cannot format a volume larger than 32GB using the FAT32 file system
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... US;Q314463&
so using either Windows built in Device Manager DEVMGMT.MSC or FDISK to format the drive is useless.
Files larger than 4GB can't be stored on the FAT32 file system either.
This limitation is by design and according to Microsoft was imposed because many tasks on a very large FAT32 file system become slow and inefficient. This limitation can be bypassed by using third-party formatting utilities above Windows Me supports the FAT32 file system without any limits. However, similarly to Windows 95/98/98SE there is no native support for 48-bit LBA in Windows ME, meaning that the maximum disk size for disks in ME is 137GB 28-bit LBA.
32-bit LBA 2TB in swiss.
Use speccy to get details of your hdd, untick the google install options.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_speccy