Extenal Harddrive problem, lost memory

dohcturbo · 2010-10-15 23:46:25

Just got two iomega 1tb harddrives. Used swissknife to convert them to fat32. And now i have only 429gb in fat format and cant find the rest of the memory. On both, so lost over 1tb of memory :mad: Any ideas because it has be puzzled and google isnt helping me on this one.

15-10-2010 11:46PM

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dohcturbo

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Just got two iomega 1tb harddrives.
Used swissknife to convert them to fat32.

And now i have only 429gb in fat format and cant find the rest of the memory.
On both, so lost over 1tb of memory :mad:

Any ideas because it has be puzzled and google isnt helping me on this one.

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#2 16-10-2010 10:01AM

cnocbui

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Try

boards.ie > Tech > Computers & Technology Tweaking & Modding

Maybe?

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#3 16-10-2010 10:21AM

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If using vista try this

http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/16/how-to-resize-a-partition-in-windows-vista

If not try this

http://forum.easeus.com/viewtopic.php?t=19358

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#4 16-10-2010 11:15AM

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Mod Comment:

Thanks for replies so far, moved here from Home Entertainment forums, folks here might have more advice to offer/experience of this probem.

Ritz.

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#5 16-10-2010 08:42PM

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fat32 is an old format and one of its limitations is that it cant go up to 1tb.

Reformat the drive and choose a NTFS partition or something else.

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#6 16-10-2010 10:11PM

dohcturbo

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Sorted, got it done....1tb in fat32 format.
Dont use swissknife!

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