Format USB HD

[John Wildberger]

Thanks for the various suggestions.

I tried to format within XP os, VISTA os and got the error message :" The 
volume is too big for FAF32"
In Linux I do not know what the command for mounting in NTFS mode is, and 
also do not know the command for creating a FAT32 file system.
I don't need to preserve the data I have on the drive, in fact, I prefere to 
have a complete clean empty formated drive. I don't like to go via the route 
of using an OS that supports the NTFS , because the USB drive can be 
connected to different computers and one might not have this capability.

John


---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Format USB HD


> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 6:16 AM, John Wildberger <wildberger-iRg7kjdsKiH3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> 
> wrote:
>> I have a 120G USB harddrive that is formatted with a NTFS filesystem. To 
>> use
>> this drive with a Linux OS in read/write mode, I need this to be 
>> converted
>> to a FAT32 file system.
>> Any suggestion how to do this?
>
> The usual method would be:
>
> 1.  Mount in NTFS mode;
> 2.  Copy all the data off to some place where you have 120G of
> separate, writable storage
> 3.  Unmount NTFS filesystem
> 4.  Create FAT32 filesystem on the 120GB drive
> 5.  Copy the data back from the place you preserved it
>
> You're not likely to find an "in place upgrade" mechanism; I'd be a
> bit surprised if Microsoft, maker of both of those filesystems, has
> one...
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