Fat32 Question

[thereds]

Why can't I format a partition of an 80 gig hdd [partition of 35 GB]? It says volume too big.

 

[rh71]

Err, have you forgotten there are other forums for this on Anandtech?

Anyway, are you doing this through FDISK ?

 

[thereds]

<< Err, have you forgotten there are other forums for this on Anandtech?

Anyway, are you doing this through FDISK ? >>



Thru Disk Management in Win2k

 

[freebee]

Its actually referring to your penis...

Edit-actually, its too big for win2k to format...i think.

 

[dbzwukan]

odd, fat32 can be formated up to 32TB

what os?

 

[dbzwukan]

just convert to ntfs..it's better than fat32.....

 

[mikebb]

10 Seconds worth of Googling: MS Support

Why not NTFS?

 

[AndyHui]

Please read the FAQ: FAT32 vs NTFS for why you can't format.

 

[yakko]

Cool! You got a reply from AT FAQ Man