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Eric777
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 00:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
just got a new hard drive and made it external and i wanted to make 100 gb of it fat32 so i could use it as a usb storage for ps3 also ive made a ntfs partition but i heard i may need to erase it first >.< also ive tryed swissknife it tells me no media detected when i select the drive
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sammorris
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 08:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If it's already all NTFS you will need to use a program like Acronis DiskDirector to remanage the size of the partitions.
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Eric777
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 11:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Actully it was all unalocated anything free i could use other then acronis or swissknife or any reason why swissknife doesnt see my hard drive (windows does)
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sammorris
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 11:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If it's unallocated, Windows disk management can do it.

Start->Run
diskmgmt.msc

OK

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Eric777
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 12:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes but now i need to make a 100 gb fat32 partition it only allows ntfs
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sammorris
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 12:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
FAT32 should be in a dropdown box somewhere...
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ddp
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 12:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
eric, do you have or know anybody that has a win98 or winme computer to make a floppy bootdisk?
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Eric777
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 13:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nope
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ddp
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 13:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
check this link. http://www.bootdisk.com/
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Eric777
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 14:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
found "Cute partition manager" you think it will work? ill try when i get home
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