Post: Help with Fat32 external hardrive
02-16-2011, 07:38 PM #1
UnoDeluxe
Are you high?
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I got a new WD external hard drive today which i want to use for my ps3. It is 500 gigs and i formatted the whole drive to FAT32 using a software application. Now windows vista won't read it and insteads says that i have to format the drive to use it -.- so now i can't place any files in the drive. Any help?

Edit: Nevermind i figured it out like five mins after this thread but thanks anyways
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02-16-2011, 11:23 PM #2
Originally posted by UnoDeluxe View Post
I got a new WD external hard drive today which i want to use for my ps3. It is 500 gigs and i formatted the whole drive to FAT32 using a software application. Now windows vista won't read it and insteads says that i have to format the drive to use it -.- so now i can't place any files in the drive. Any help?


hmmSmile
well let me think..
ofcourse you can keep formatting it from fat32 and NTFS all time but that isnt to handy..... hmmm
you can make a new volume on your computer with XP on it wich does support writing on FAT32 so if you want to put something on your harddrive you just go on that volume....
thats all i can think of at the moment., il think about it some more
if you wanna install xp on a new volume and you dont come out of how to do it just ask me for help (QUOTE ME)..Happy
anyways goodluck if i come to an other solution il let you know

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02-16-2011, 11:27 PM #3
UnoDeluxe
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Originally posted by microcell View Post
hmmSmile
well let me think..
ofcourse you can keep formatting it from fat32 and NTFS all time but that isnt to handy..... hmmm
you can make a new volume on your computer with XP on it wich does support writing on FAT32 so if you want to put something on your harddrive you just go on that volume....
thats all i can think of at the moment., il think about it some more
if you wanna install xp on a new volume and you dont come out of how to do it just ask me for help (QUOTE ME)..Happy
anyways goodluck if i come to an other solution il let you know


Originally posted by Ownage
If you want to use it. Just insert into the ps3, formation on there happens automatically




Thanks but i figured out like five mins after posting this thread. Turns out i had to replug in the drive so that it recognized it as a formatted FAT32 LOL it was as simple as that. <.<

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