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Format a hard drive to FAT32

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Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member -  
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Good evening,

I would like to know how to format my 1TB hard drive to FAT32 so that it works properly when connected to my TV.

Thank you for your help, Maximims.

Configuration: Mac OS X (10.9.4) / Chrome 37.0.2062.94

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    admin0509 Posted messages 28 Status Member 3
     
    Go to a PC, in This PC or Computer, right-click, format, and then in the File System section, choose FAT32.
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    1. Miura564 Posted messages 14829 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 560
       
      Under Windows, it won't work; the disk will be limited to 32 GB.
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  2. Miura564 Posted messages 14829 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 560
     
    Hello,

    You cannot format your disk in FAT32 under Windows, it will be capped at 32 GB even though the FAT32 standard theoretically allows formatting up to 2 TB

    To be able to have your entire disk formatted in FAT32, you need to use another system than Windows. There is a tool that works very well as a Live-CD and operates under Linux, it's called GPARTED (Gnome PARTition EDition)

    You can download it from CCM ==> HERE

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  3. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
     
    I will try, thank you very much!

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  4. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
     
    I now have a new problem, my external hard drive has a USB 3.0 and my computer has a USB 2.0, what should I do?

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    1. ggru76 Posted messages 300 Status Member 12
       
      nothing the usb 3.0 will be limited to 2.0 basically it will be slower

      best regards
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    2. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
       
      When I connect my hard drive that has a USB 3.0, my computer does not detect it in "This PC" because it has USB 2.0.

      No solution?

      Thanks anyway :)
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  6. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
     
    Thank you very much, and does it work under OS X?

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    1. vieu bison boiteu Posted messages 44334 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   3 591
       
      hi

      in My Computer, it's normal, it's not formatted

      formatting devices under USB
      https://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/2895-formater-une-carte-memoire-flash
      https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/11843-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool/
      software "Fat32Formatter" = https://www.zebulon.fr/telechargements/utilitaires/systeme-utilitaires/fat32formatter.html
      http://www.fat32formatter.com/
      fat32format = http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.exe

      see you+
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    2. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
       
      Hi,

      So it's possible to format DD under Windows?
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    3. Miura564 Posted messages 14829 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 560
       
      YES and NO!!!

      Yes, you can format a hard drive under Windows, but you will never get more than 32 GB; it's a limitation imposed by Microsoft. All software that uses the Windows environment faces the same limitations.

      If you want to format 1TB in FAT32, you must necessarily go through another non-Microsoft system.

      Fat32Formatter will not overcome this limitation... I remember trying it before, but it couldn't do anything. This software is useless.
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    4. vieu bison boiteu Posted messages 44334 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   3 591
       
      With "fat32format", I managed to create two 1 TB partitions (mounted internally)
      for a single 2 TB partition, I couldn't do it
      http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=192083Disquedur2To.png
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    5. vieux
       
      I did exactly the same thing and it works.
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  7. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
     
    But it's not available on Windows, is it?

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    1. Miura564 Posted messages 14829 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 560
       
      Well clearly you haven't understood anything... let me say it again...

      Windows is a Microsoft product
      Microsoft prohibits formatting more than 32 Go in FAT32
      if software under Windows, software is also limited to 32 Go
      use software not under Windows
      format Hard Drive Fat32
      come back to Windows

      Is that clearer?


      Uh... seriously, do you read what we're posting or not??

      And if you still don't understand, go read
      >>>>> the Wikipedia article<<<<< <=== Click on the blue link
      HERE ===^
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  8. vieu bison boiteu Posted messages 44334 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 3 591
     
    something I can't quite grasp
    you are under = Configuration: Mac OS X (10.9.4)

    is your PC quite recent???
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    1. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
       
      I have a MacBook Pro and a desktop computer (Windows 7), on CCM I use my computers to ask questions and answer them.
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  9. Maximims Posted messages 275 Status Member 68
     
    I'm giving up!

    Thanks anyway to everyone..

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    1. Chris 94 Posted messages 1937 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 536
       
      It's a shame... You posted in the wrong forum!

      Good evening,

      You can format your disk to FAT using the Disk Utility program in the Applications > Utilities menu on your Mac.

      I recommend, given the unnecessary length of this thread, that you ask the question again in the MacOS forum.
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