I need to reformat a 200GB internal hard drive on my WinXP Home box from NTFS to FAT32 (I've backed up the files onto another HD). When I go into the disk management utility, it only gives me the option to reformat as NTFS.
Any suggestions?
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Jon B. - Mar 28, 2005 1:44:27 pm PST #2213 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DXMachina - Mar 28, 2005 1:54:53 pm PST #2214 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Boot the computer using a Win98 start up disk, and use fdisk and format to format the disk.
DXMachina - Mar 28, 2005 1:56:31 pm PST #2215 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Of course, I don't know if that'll work on a 200 GB drive without an outside formatting utility, which you can probably download from the manufacturer's website.
Jessica - Mar 28, 2005 2:05:09 pm PST #2216 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Norton seems to think that my Tivo is dangerous, as it keeps popping up Internet Worm Protection alert windows every time the Tivo wants something (which is pretty often while it's updating). I've checked Norton's "allow" list, and Tivo Beacon is on there. What am I missing? Why won't it just let the Tivo alone?
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2005 2:09:18 pm PST #2217 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is it set to allow every time? It plays nicely with mine.
Jessica - Mar 28, 2005 2:13:33 pm PST #2218 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's set to "Permit All." And it was working fine until this morning -- I can't for the life of me figure out what's changed.
It wasn't connecting at all today, so I restarted the system, and now it's working, except that Norton suddenly thinks it's a worm, and is faithfully warning me every time it tries to connect.
[eta: Huh. Tivo Desktop can't find any DVRs. That's unsettling.]
esse - Mar 28, 2005 2:22:50 pm PST #2219 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Jon, I might also suggest Partition Magic as a third-party utility to wipe the drive.
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2005 2:31:19 pm PST #2220 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
VW, for what it's worth, I've been having trouble with LJ staying logged in with my Opera for the past two days. IE has been just fine in the same time period.
Jon B. - Mar 28, 2005 2:48:45 pm PST #2221 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Of course, I don't know if that'll work on a 200 GB drive without an outside formatting utility, which you can probably download from the manufacturer's website.
Western Digital's DOS based utility (downloaded from their web site) did the trick. Thanks DX!
Jessica - Mar 28, 2005 2:51:58 pm PST #2222 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Taking it out of Norton's list and putting it back in seems to have solved the Tivo problem. Unless of course it's just finished updating. I guess I'll know in half an hour.