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6th January 2010, 20:33
DY357LX
Formatting Large External HDD's To FAT32
I have a 1TB external HDD that I'd like to hook up (via it's USB cable) to my Xbox 360.
Problem is, the drive is NTFS and the 360 requires the drive to be FAT32.
Inside of Windows (7) I can see options to format the drive but the only options are
NTFS and exFAT.
I used a CMD prompt to format the drive but eventually (after several hours) the prompt
told me that the drive was too big for FAT32.
Is anyone aware of any programs (that aren't made by Symnatec) that can assist?
EDIT: Found this:
Seems to work fine. Surprised at how fast it was.
Problem is, the drive is NTFS and the 360 requires the drive to be FAT32.
Inside of Windows (7) I can see options to format the drive but the only options are
NTFS and exFAT.
I used a CMD prompt to format the drive but eventually (after several hours) the prompt
told me that the drive was too big for FAT32.
Is anyone aware of any programs (that aren't made by Symnatec) that can assist?
EDIT: Found this:
| Code: |
| http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm |
Seems to work fine. Surprised at how fast it was.
This post was last edited by DY357LX at 6th January 2010, 20:46. Edited 1 times in total.
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7th January 2010, 00:03
Chez
Formatting Large External HDD's To FAT32
Was gonna suggest you could bung in a Linux live CD and run gparted. But surprising that Windows 7 doesn't even offer FAT32 anymore; I'm pretty sure for keypens that's the default file system if you want the drive to be readily readable across platforms!
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7th January 2010, 00:08
DY357LX
Formatting Large External HDD's To FAT32
| Chez said: |
| Was gonna suggest you could bung in a Linux live CD and run gparted. But surprising that Windows 7 doesn't even offer FAT32 anymore; I'm pretty sure for keypens that's the default file system if you want the drive to be readily readable across platforms! |
I briefly considered this but I found an Official VERBATIM program and went with that.
If that wouldn't have worked I would have went for formatting it using my sisters MAC.
"And so is the Golden City blackened With each step you take in my Hall. Marvel at perfection, for it is fleeting. You have brought Sin to Heaven And doom upon all the world."
7th January 2010, 18:42
Talarin
Formatting Large External HDD's To FAT32
fwiw your xbox would have read exFAT. I have a removable hard drive which uses that and it's happy as Larry with it.
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7th January 2010, 19:01
DY357LX
Formatting Large External HDD's To FAT32
| Talarin said: |
| fwiw your xbox would have read exFAT. I have a removable hard drive which uses that and it's happy as Larry with it. |
I DID try it but it simply insisted the drive was empty. (It could SEE the drive though!)
But now I've stuck loadsa movies etc on the external drive and the 360 is using it fine and dandy.
Good old VERBATIM and their 2 meg applications.
"And so is the Golden City blackened With each step you take in my Hall. Marvel at perfection, for it is fleeting. You have brought Sin to Heaven And doom upon all the world."
