Can I format Fat32 with XP ???

[randerson165]

I have a mp3 player and i accidentally formatted it with xp not knowing what i was doing. I need to format the drive using fat32.

My question is, can I format my mp3 player with fat32 even though i'm running ntfs ???

 

[La_Pieuvre]

Originally posted by randerson165@Jan 25 2004, 12:01 PM
I have a mp3 player and i accidentally formatted it with xp not knowing what i was doing. I need to format the drive using fat32.

My question is, can I format my mp3 player with fat32 even though i'm running ntfs ???

yeah you can do it

the easiest way is to do it from a command prompt window

use the command: format /?

follow the instructions

 

[posol]

you formatted an mp3 player? how the fuck did you do that?

 

[jiahanhao]

by running the v-afc rio ipod hack.. of course.

 

[tab]

Originally posted by jiahanhao@Jan 25 2004, 05:11 PM
by running the v-afc rio ipod hack.. of course.

NTFS is more efficient anyway, or so I thought.

 

[randerson165]

Originally posted by La_Pieuvre+Jan 25 2004, 01:22 PM-->

randerson165

@Jan 25 2004, 12:01 PM
I have a mp3 player and i accidentally formatted it with xp not knowing what i was doing. I need to format the drive using fat32.

My question is, can I format my mp3 player with fat32 even though i'm running ntfs ???

yeah you can do it

the easiest way is to do it from a command prompt window

use the command: format /?

follow the instructions

but if i'm running ntfs, when i do a command prompt, won't it format it as ntfs too ?

 

[La_Pieuvre]

Originally posted by randerson165+Jan 25 2004, 06:43 PM-->

Originally posted by La_Pieuvre@Jan 25 2004, 01:22 PM
randerson165

@Jan 25 2004, 12:01 PM
I have a mp3 player and i accidentally formatted it with xp not knowing what i was doing. I need to format the drive using fat32.

My question is, can I format my mp3 player with fat32 even though i'm running ntfs ???

yeah you can do it

the easiest way is to do it from a command prompt window

use the command: format /?

follow the instructions

but if i'm running ntfs, when i do a command prompt, won't it format it as ntfs too ?

not it you tell it which file system you want.

for example if your c: drive is NTFS and your mp3 player shows up as drive e:

open a command prompt (type "cmd" at the run)
and type this:

format e: /FS:NTFS

it'll only format the external drive e: as NTFS

 

[randerson165]

and if i want it fat32, what is the command ?

 

[phunky.buddha]

Run:

format /?

from the command line and it should give you all the options.

Here, this is direct cut and paste from my command line window just now:

/FS:filesystem Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, or NTFS).

Your command line would be: format e: /FS:FAT32

Simple.

 

[illmatik]

why would you want FAT32? NTFS is so much better, unless your MP3 Player doesnt work with NTFS. Follow what they say, open command prompt format c: /fs:fat32
or whatever drive letter its under.

 

[phunky.buddha]

He already said that his mp3 player doesn't support NTFS...