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    Reformatting the HD to FAT32 on a Dell E1705?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by triggerhappy899, Aug 11, 2007.

  1. triggerhappy899

    triggerhappy899 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi i need a boot cd for the Dell E1705, the reason is that i am trying to reformat the HD to FAT32 from NTSF. and i need a special boot disk because none of them have worked so far. And is there a different way to format a hard drive to a FAT32 from a NTSF on a dell E1705?
     
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  2. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    1.) It's NTFS.
    2.) Why do you need to format in FAT32?
    3.) Yes, it's possible; consider GParted, a free and powerful utility.
    4.) I don't think you really need to use FAT32 unless you need to "communicate" with some exceptionally only disks; NTFS is a superior file system.
     
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    thegsrguy Notebook Deity

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    You can't change NTFS to FAT32. The drive has to be completely reformatted.

    FAT32 can be upgraded to NTFS -- doesn't work the other way around.

    Why do you want FAT32? You're limited to 32GB partition sizes, there's no access control lists/file permissions, and disk performance is lower.
     
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