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luckEpenE
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25. February 2006 @ 08:27 |
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I have an external hard drive and it will not hold a DVD .iso file. The format is FAT32. It gives me an error when I try to save isos to it.
Does anyone know if there is a way to format an external hard drive to NTFS so that I can store iso's on there? Or is there a drive that comes already in NTFS format?
Thanks.
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25. February 2006 @ 08:33 |
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FAT32 tries to split things over 2gb i think, what os have u got, u need to attach it to the computer right click it in my computer and FORMAT and then should have options FAT32 is the one that will be highlighted and should be albe to chjange it to NTFS
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luckEpenE
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25. February 2006 @ 09:10 |
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I have windows XP.
Thank you, your instructions were helpful.
One more question though, when I click NTFS and then choose FORMAT will this be like reformatting my computer? In other words will I lose everything that is currently on the hard drive?
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25. February 2006 @ 09:37 |
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yes...if that is the drive you keep all your information like your OS and other files
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luckEpenE
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25. February 2006 @ 09:44 |
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I just keep music and word documents on here. Will those get deleted when I change formats?
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25. February 2006 @ 13:52 |
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yes u can move them to the HDD that the os is on then back on to the External HDD when been formatted.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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luckEpenE
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25. February 2006 @ 14:57 |
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LOL I figured that out. But thanks.
Thanks again to everyone who helped, problem solved.
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26. February 2006 @ 01:31 |
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Good, hopefully now it will work ;)
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. February 2006 @ 01:31
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ScubaBud
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26. February 2006 @ 05:28 |
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Just for further reference, you should NOT lose your data if you are just converting from FAT32 to NTSF. Of course it is always a good idea to backup your data anyway.
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