Win2k install didn't give option to format as FAT32

[Shawn]

This is really weird but for some reason when I went to reformat Win2k on one of the computers I'm trying to sell it didn't give the option to format in FAT32 like it normally does. I just formatted another computer today with the same cd and it had the option. It's only this particular computer that the option is not available. Any ideas why this could be? It's no big deal since I always format as NTFS anyway. Just thought it was really bizarre.

 

[bsobel]

You can't format a FAT drive bigger than 64gig, so Im guessing that this box has a larger drive than the other one 😉

 

[Shawn]

no, it's only a 40gb

 

[bacillus]

if win2k is like xp then the max partition size you can format as FAT is 32GB.

 

[John]

Use a Win 98/ME bootdisk (floppy) to format the drive as fat32.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: bacillus
if win2k is like xp then the max partition size you can format as FAT is 32GB.

Oops, yea, its 32 not 64 (sorry)

 

[Nothinman]

Oops, yea, its 32 not 64 (sorry)

And you most certainly can do it with the right tools, MS just added some more artificial limitations to their products when they released XP.