Freeware for drive formatting in XP?

[Geezer]

I need to format a hard drive to FAT32 but XP won't do the trick as it's above 32GB. Can anyone recommend a free program to help?

[JB@XL]

Download the hard drive utility from the manufacturers website and put onto a floppy.Boot pc with floppy inserted(maybe need to change boot order in bios).Run low level format utility and your hd will be back to its initial state.

[briareos_kerensky]

https://www.ultimatebootcd.com

Download the CD image, burn it and boot your PC from this CD. Go to the HDD section and choose one of the many formatting tools inside.

[Resonance]

I dont think you can format a drive to fat32 if it is above 32GB.

[kernow]

its strange 80GB ipods exist that use FAT32

[EvilBoris]

I dont think you can format a drive to fat32 if it is above 32GB.

That is only Microsoft limit that they put in XP and older versions. I think any higher than that actually becomes less efficient.

[Geezer]

I could've sworn I submitted a reply to this thread, but it seems to have disappeared

Anyway, cheers for the replies

[Resonance]

That is only Microsoft limit that they put in XP and older versions. I think any higher than that actually becomes less efficient.

Ah cool I did not know! Actually it should be obvious to me since I have an 80Gig USB hard drive that is fat32

[Geezer]

I used partition magic in the end, it worked a treat