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Echo_
11-23-05, 09:52 PM
is there any programs i can use to format this into fat32 without using a start up disketee?

Mr.Guvernment
11-23-05, 11:12 PM
just hook it up as a slave drive in your comp and ,mmm, thas right XP wont let you do fat32.

think you will need a DOS bootdisk with Fdisk on it....

Echo_
11-26-05, 10:29 AM
anyone know of any 3rd party software to do this?

id hate to disassemble it and format 300 gigs wtiha f loppy

Albaholic
11-26-05, 02:58 PM
Partition Magic
http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/index.html

Echo_
11-28-05, 05:59 PM
partition magic is only letting me choose ntfs or 2 linux formats because its usb im thinking

any other way? maybe ill just put it niternal then convert itlater