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convert 1tb usb hard drive to FAT32

  • 22-11-2009 9:50pm
    #1
    eoinf
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    Hi

    the xbox only reads drives formatted in FAT but my new Western Digital harddrive came NTFS. I cant seem to figure out how to convert it or if it is even possible.

    Windows XP dosent seem to let me and I d/l'ed an app called swissknife which a bit of googling suggested i try to do it but it said it could only format 500GB's and it looked as if the other 500 would be useless.

    I'm a bit lost basically i want to convert it if it is possible to use on the XBOX .

    thanks in advance

    EF


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
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    Download fat32formatter. That formatted a 1tb hard drive for me.


  • #3
    corkie
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    Try gparted on a live CD?

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  • #4
    amacachi
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    http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Fat32Formatter.shtml

    AlmightyCushion recommended that to me a while back, worked perfectly with my PS3 and 360. :)


  • #5
    eoinf
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    are there any draw backs of it being fat32 over NTFS?

    also had a look at the two of them and im not 100% sure what to do anyone care to give me a few hints?


  • #6
    AlmightyCushion
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    Fat32 won't let you store files that are greater than 4GBs in size. That's pretty much it.


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  • #7
    eoinf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭eoinf


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Fat32 won't let you store files that are greater than 4GBs in size. That's pretty much it.

    bugger i also use the drive for storing ISO files .

    dilemma


  • #8
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    eoinf wrote: »
    dilemma
    This is what multiple partitions are made for. One partition in NTFS, store all of your big files. Another in FAT32, readable by Xbox.


  • #9
    eoinf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭eoinf


    snappieT wrote: »
    This is what multiple partitions are made for. One partition in NTFS, store all of your big files. Another in FAT32, readable by Xbox.

    oh my bad i thought it was one or the other?

    can you explain how i may do this can any of the software above do that?


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