Cannot format NTFS external HDD for win98 pc

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Joe - 25 Jun 2004 22:36 GMT

Hey everyone,
I have an external 40GB USB Hard Drive formatted to NTFS
allready. I need to reformat it fat32, inorder to attach
it to an old Win98 workstation to transfer some folders
and files, but it does'nt read the NTFS formatted HDD .
How can I format this external Hard Drive to Fat32? Any
suggestions would be appreiciated. Many thanks.

Joe

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Bert Kinney - 25 Jun 2004 23:43 GMT

Hi Joe,

Here's a utility that will allow Win98 it view and use an NTFS
partition.
Sysinternals - NTFS for Windows 98:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml

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> Hey everyone,
> I have an external 40GB USB Hard Drive formatted to NTFS
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>
> Joe

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Jeff Richards - 26 Jun 2004 00:15 GMT

Partition type is set by the partitioning procedure, not by formatting. You
can try to use FDISK from within Windows to delete the existing NTFS
partitioning and create new partitioning. Did the drive come with a utility
from the manufacturer for partitioning? If so, use that in preference to
FDISK. Once the proper partition is created you can format the drive.

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> Hey everyone,
> I have an external 40GB USB Hard Drive formatted to NTFS
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>
> Joe

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Karen - 14 Jul 2004 09:40 GMT

This is my problem too ... I dont know if u got any
answers at all ... but if u do ... let me know!! Its
pissin me of!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>Hey everyone,
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>Joe
>.

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Jeff Richards - 14 Jul 2004 23:36 GMT

Joe got two answers within a few hours of posting the question.

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> This is my problem too ... I dont know if u got any
> answers at all ... but if u do ... let me know!! Its
> pissin me of!!!

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