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how to format external hd from win 2000?

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krisoto

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i just bought a external hard drive and my comp caan't read it but i know it's working bec. it detect on the system manager, i ask around and they said the external is fat32 format and my comp is win 2000. what's the easy way to do this?
 
Open a command prompt window and run fdisk to make sure that there is a partition on it. If not create one. After that just type "format X:" (replace X with the drive letter).
A drive letter will not show up in explorer unless it has been fdisk'ed.
BTW: This will destroy all data on the disk (if there is any).
 
right click my computer > manage > disk management. you should see the drive there. right click to get options.
 
Originally posted by: ReelC00L
right click my computer > manage > disk management. you should see the drive there. right click to get options.
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I third this. Might be under removable storage also.

 
Originally posted by: krisoto
it doesn't show at my computer only in system properties->device manager
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No no no.... You don't open My Computer, you right-click on it 🙂 🙂
From the menu choose Manage.
After that choose Disk Management.
It should show it there.

Right click on it and choose Create Partition, if I am not mistaking
and then format it with FAT32.


 
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