Formatting a drive using FAT 32
I have a USB drive that I need to format Fat32 in Win 7. On my Win7 box I only have the option to use exFat or NTFS. My older system only uses Fat32.
Is this possible?
Is this possible?
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> For a USB Hard Drive, NTFS is best for Windows compatibility.
But in this case, Thomas needs a FAT32 drive that will work on his older system. So he can make a 32GB partition for the purpose of FAT32 and use the rest of the drive, for example a 968GB partition on a 1TB USB disk, as an NTFS partition.
But in this case, Thomas needs a FAT32 drive that will work on his older system. So he can make a 32GB partition for the purpose of FAT32 and use the rest of the drive, for example a 968GB partition on a 1TB USB disk, as an NTFS partition.
Following the previous comments, how big is your USB drive?
You may ha s to use diskpart to blow away all partitions and create smaller ones.
http://www.supertalent.com/datasheets/Resetting%20USB%20drive%20using%20Windows%20Diskpart-V1.pdf
http://www.supertalent.com/datasheets/Resetting%20USB%20drive%20using%20Windows%20Diskpart-V1.pdf
For a USB Hard Drive, NTFS is best for Windows compatibility.