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THE_PHIL
11-17-2008, 05:33 PM
how do i format an external drive that is in NTFS to fat 32 in ubuntu live not installed OS

i need to have fat 32 and windows will only format the drive if its under 32 gig:(:(:(
FRAG_MASTER
11-17-2008, 06:10 PM
i use ubuntu, but don't know squat about it, you have to ask Draco. I know almost NOTHING except stuff like how to use the terminal and stuff. sorry!!:o
Castar
11-17-2008, 07:23 PM
Tried Gparted? there is also a bunch of bootable partitioners around. I bet you might be able to do that from the WINxp install CD tricking it into thinking your gonna do a fresh install....Googled it here......



1.

Get a Win98 boot disk.
2.

Boot from boot disk and run Fdisk.
3.

Partition the drive to what size you want up to 120GB.
4.

Reboot the computer off of the Win98 boot disk.
5.

Format the drive.
6.

Boot the computer off of the Windows 2000, XP or Windows Server 2003 CD.
7.

Proceed to install Windows.
8.

When Setup asks you what partition to install to choose the disk you just formatted it will give you several option dealing with NTFS. Don't make any changes and choose the last option, which is to install the OS to the current drive without making any changes. Setup will proceed to install normally and you will have Windows 2000, XP or Windows Server 2003 installed to a fully functional FAT32 Partition greater then 32GB.
Draco
11-17-2008, 07:43 PM
If you are using the Live CD, just boot-up the live CD and go to System>Administration>Partition Editor and format it through there. Life should be good.

~Johnny Jones
Castar
11-17-2008, 08:42 PM
If you are using the Live CD, just boot-up the live CD and go to System>Administration>Partition Editor and format it through there. Life should be good.

~Johnny Jones



Or that :)
THE_PHIL
11-17-2008, 08:54 PM
what about if im trying to do it on an external drive??
THE_PHIL
11-17-2008, 09:23 PM
i might have defeted it, i used the jumpers to clip the old drive to 32 gig....now i wait 30 min weeeeeeeee
THE_PHIL
11-17-2008, 09:39 PM
Score!!!!!
Draco
11-17-2008, 10:22 PM
Nice... When you enter the partition manager, there is a drop-down box to select the drive. If Linux has detected it, it will be in that drop-down box. If you use a flash drive, it will be listed in the drop-down box, as well.

~Johnny Jones
Average_Joe
11-18-2008, 07:53 PM
I managed to change the format of my hardrive from NTFS to FAT32.

And my hardrive is 80 GB
The Pinny Parlour
11-22-2008, 09:49 AM
Runs under windows, free
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