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Converting 500gb drive to FAT32

Started by VVFKING , Sep 15 2010 09:25 AM

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VVFKING

Posted 15 September 2010 - 09:25 AM

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Hi!
I just converted my RAW hard drive into FAT32, but it ended up having 382 GB space, and 82GB unallocated space..
Is there any way for me to convert it so I can use all 465 GB?

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dsenette

Posted 15 September 2010 - 09:45 AM

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yeah, convert it to NTFS....why are you using FAT32?

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SpywareDr

Posted 16 September 2010 - 03:32 AM

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Note that you cannot create a file larger than one byte less than 4 GB ((2^32)-1 byte) on a FAT32 partition.

Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463