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    convert NTFS to FAT32

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by suresh_munirka, Jun 16, 2012.

  1. suresh_munirka

    suresh_munirka Newbie

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    I bought a Western Digital 1 TB external hard disk which is NTFS file system and this is not being recognised by my Sony home theatre. I checked up in the net and was told that I need to convert this to FAT 32 for my home theatre to recongnise.
    IS it a good idea to go back to FAT 32 file system? If yes , Can anyone suggest where to download the software that does it. I tried using DOS command and after 20 hours it informed that the file is too big.
    Or is there a way to make my sony home theater recongnise that???
     
    suresh_munirka, Jun 16, 2012
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Move the files from the HDD to a temporary location, download gparted, make a bootable disc, and use gparted to format the WD drive to FAT32. Note that FAT32 cannot handle files larger than 4GB.
     
    tijo, Jun 16, 2012
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  3. Qing Dao

    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    Wouldn't it just be simpler to format the drive within windows?
     
    Qing Dao, Jun 16, 2012
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Windows won't let you format a drive that large with FAT32 within Disk Management. I had this issue with notebook drives into PS3's which require FAT32, I just hooked it up to our Mac and formatted in Disk Utility.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 16, 2012
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  5. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Tsunade is right, can't do more than 32GB in FAT32 with windows disk management. Ran into the problem when i needed a backup drive for my PS3.
     
    tijo, Jun 16, 2012
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Use a third party partioning tool and format it to FAT32.
     
    jackluo923, Jun 17, 2012
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