FAT32 Hard Drives I need an external hard drive that is formated in FAT32 format. Any ideas on how to tell what the format is for an external hard drive, or recommendations for a FAT32 external HD?
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I'm pretty sure most external hard drives come formatted in FAT32. If the drive you buy is not, you can easily reformat it yourself. http://www.ehow.com/how_4924445_format-hard-drive-fat.html
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I don't think you should try to reformat the Falcon...she may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid.
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True, in some circumstances, reformatting the hard drive could fix the hyperdrive. But if you don't know what format it's in, you'll need an astromech droid.
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Uhh... why is this on the Lego Millennium Falcon forum?But anyway, older portable drives will usually come formatted for FAT32. Newer drives will almost always be NTFS.It is possible to reformat all hard drives. First, check with the manufacturer and often they have utilities to do this (sometimes these utilities are installed on the hard drive when you get it.l)Otherwise you will have to search the net. Note that the Windows format utility will not format large portable drives to FAT32 so you need to get a separate program to do this.Now.. back to the Millennium Falcon... Uhh... why is this on the Lego Millennium Falcon forum?But anyway, older portable drives will usually come formatted for FAT32. Newer drives will almost always be NTFS.It is possible to reformat all hard drives. First, check with the manufacturer and often they have utilities to do this (sometimes these utilities are installed on the hard drive when you get it.l)Otherwise you will have to search the net. Note that the Windows format utility will not format large portable drives to FAT32 so you need to get a separate program to do this.Now.. back to the... » Read More Uhh... why is this on the Lego Millennium Falcon forum?But anyway, older portable drives will usually come formatted for FAT32. Newer drives will almost always be NTFS.It is possible to reformat all hard drives. First, check with the manufacturer and often they have utilities to do this (sometimes these utilities are installed on the hard drive when you get it.l)Otherwise you will have to search the net. Note that the Windows format utility will not format large portable drives to FAT32 so you need to get a separate program to do this.Now.. back to the Millennium Falcon... « Show Less
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I wouldn't be suprised if some external hard drives use the NTFS system instead of the FAT32. It's easy to reformat it though.
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I'm not sure about FAT32, but I was able to reformat mine to exFAT using Disk Utility on a Mac, and that allowed me to use the drive with both Macs and PCs. I'm fairly certain you could do the same for FAT32, by the same method. Good luck.
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These usb flash drives are supplied with FAT32 file system format which has a 4GB size limit for file transfers. It is very easy to change the format to one without the size limit. As soon as I got the drive I used windows to change the format to exFAT. It only takes a minute to complete. Before changing the format consider that some people keep FAT32 because it offers the best compatibility for transferring files between Windows, Mac OS and Linux systems. Also consider that some car stereos and other USB media players with USB input might only be able to read FAT32 formatted USB drives.
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When you formatted it on your Mac, did you choose HFS+ (Mac format) or FAT32 (Windows format)? Macs can read and write to FAT32 formatted disks, but Windows cannot even see an HFS+ formatted disk without a third-party program like MacDrive. The solution is simple. Re-format the disk under the Mac's Disk Utility and choose FAT32. Be sure your data is not on the drive as it will obviously be over-written during the formatting process.
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it depends how its formatted. If you have a PC, it might be formated for MAC (Mac OS Extended). To be seen and used by both a PC it needs to be formatted in PC version (Fat32 or ExFat). If your drive is clicking very loud its most likely dead.
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You can format the drive as FAT 32, Mac OS Extended, or NTFS. Your decision.
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This external hard drive contains a SATA-2 5400 rpm hard drive with a 8mb buffer.I would tell you the model number but it gets deleted when I post it.I would tell you how I know for sure but that gets deleted also.So in other words you just need to use your noodle and seek out the info you need; there are ways but this will probably get deleted to so what's the point in all of this?PS I Bought this thing and I have hands on experience with it!
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Yes, you could format it as a NTFS or FAT32. Mac (as well as Windows obviously) supports both.
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Likely it is FAT32, or maybe NTFS. Go here, and just format to FAT. http://download.cnet.com/USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-75984825.html Use caution you are formatting the correct drive letter, or you may have disastrous results, by accidentally formatting an external drive, or SD Card.
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Both NTFS and Fat 32 formatted discs or USB sticks are supported. Cheers! Marty G
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Video How To: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-O_9VrCw-o NTFS - Windows Exclusive Format MS-DOS (FAT) or FAT32 = Windows or Mac or Linux (NOTE: FAT format does not allow moving files larger than 4GB) You can also format it in about 3 different "mac exclusive" formats, if you will only use it on a mac.
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yes, it comes formatted as Fat32. It can be used as is or reformatted using the disk utility in OS X
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I don't have this device, but as a retired IT geek I thought I'd chime in and mention that many of these tablets can't read flash drives that have been formatted to NTFS on a pc. They tend to prefer FAT32 over NTFS. Most flash drives are formatted FAT32 by default, but if you reformatted it on a pc it would likely have defaulted to NTFS. Hope that helps.
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You can format it as you wish. Put NTFS, because FAT32 limits the file size to below 4 GB which is fairly useless and negates the real strong point of this stick - lightening and moving huge fils around...
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It only needs to be done if you want to save files over 4 GB. There may be some cases where FAT32 is preferred,such as plugging this drive into the USB port of a stand alone DVD player for avi, mp3 files,etc. They may requireFAT32 like a flash drive.To format to NTFS right click the external drive under My Computer.Then hit Format.
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I agree with CochiseGuy. My BDP-83 only supports FAT32 format and is limited. The BDP-93 does what you want.
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The main draw back to FAT32 is that it has a 4 gig file size limitation:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463I believe MC Tyler is Mr. Video like myself and meant to say NTFS not NTSC, though maybe it makes sense that FAT32 would hang with PAL while NTFS and NTSC would get along famously. Thanks for the swiss knife link! Anyone know of a way to schedule my PS3 to play certain vids at certain times?