Format 40GB EXTERNAL HARD DISK

djjedi · January 3, 2004, 11:29pm

hello, i have XP on my pc, but i need to format to fat32 a 40gb external hard disk, when i tried to format the only choice i see is ntfs, can you help me?

harrack52 · January 3, 2004, 11:45pm

Delete the partition, make another one and see if it changes anything

spaceghostctoc · January 4, 2004, 4:34pm

Partition Magic! worst comes to worst that program has fixed almost ever issue I’ve ever had.

Thanks

SG

Or take it to a win98 System sure some neighbor or friend has an old pc laying around.

Big_B · January 4, 2004, 5:05pm

Go under Disk Management in the Administrative Tools/Computer Management section (look under Control Panel). You’ll see all the storage devices attached to the system and should be able to format it as you like from there.