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> Reformat HDD, Partition problem
Glenpeter
post May 8 2008, 06:42 PM
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I have an 80g HDD. I cannot reformat it as FAT32. How do I wipe it clean and do so?
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post May 8 2008, 08:43 PM
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Greetings Glenpeter

You have to open the Command Prompt in elevated mode, by right clicking its
icon and selecting 'Run as Administrator'.

Then type

format <Driver Letter>: /FS:FAT32

<Drive letter> being the drive you wish to format.

Good luck

Kaz
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post May 9 2008, 12:27 AM
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QUOTE (Kazzoo @ May 8 2008, 09:43 PM) *
Greetings Glenpeter

You have to open the Command Prompt in elevated mode, by right clicking its
icon and selecting 'Run as Administrator'.

Then type

format <Driver Letter>: /FS:FAT32

<Drive letter> being the drive you wish to format.

Good luck

The HDD was originally NTFS. It's all messed up but no bad sectors.....Following your instructions will bring it all together as 80G FAT 32?

Kaz
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post May 12 2008, 07:47 AM
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Thanks but the command line you gave me does not work. It comes up "Invalid parameters".
However, I was able to reformat the HDD back to NTFS and regained the 80G back and it's all straightened out.
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