Re: Reformat USB2 HDD back to FAT32?

Ingeborg, ye tardy-gaited knot of damned bloodsuckers, bite my arse I
prithee, ye secreted:

> zulu wrote:
>
>> I have an oldish Freecom FHD-2 40GB portable HDD.
>>
>> Yesterday I attempted to reformat it from NTFS to FAT32. as I want to
>> use it with a portable DVD player, as I can with a memory stick.
>>
>> OK, so I right click My Computer >Manage >Disk management >selected
>> the drive >Delete Logical Drive
>>
>> I then created a new drive OK and a partition (IIRC), but when I try
>> to format it the only option on the drop down box is NTFS...
>>
>> Rather than leave it in limbo, I reformatted it to NTFS.
>>
>> How can I reformat it to FAT32 ?
>>


<snip>

> Can't your DVD player do the formatting?

You ****ing tard.

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HF wrote:
> Another idea ??Delete the partition. Create a partition and use a 9x
> boot disk to format it fat32

<snigger> Dumb. Try bottom posting so you can read what has been posted;
maybe it will be something you can grasp if you re-read everything.



> "Jodok the bulbous ghoul-disputer" <> wrote in
> message
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>> Ingeborg, ye tardy-gaited knot of damned bloodsuckers, bite my arse I
>> prithee, ye secreted:
>>
>>> zulu wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an oldish Freecom FHD-2 40GB portable HDD.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I attempted to reformat it from NTFS to FAT32. as I want
>>>> to use it with a portable DVD player, as I can with a memory stick.
>>>>
>>>> OK, so I right click My Computer >Manage >Disk management >selected
>>>> the drive >Delete Logical Drive
>>>>
>>>> I then created a new drive OK and a partition (IIRC), but when I
>>>> try to format it the only option on the drop down box is NTFS...
>>>>
>>>> Rather than leave it in limbo, I reformatted it to NTFS.
>>>>
>>>> How can I reformat it to FAT32 ?
>>>>
>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Can't your DVD player do the formatting?
>>
>> You ****ing tard.
>>
>> --
>> alt.usenet.kooks
>> "We are arrant knaves all, believe none of us."
>> Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 [129]
>>
>> Hammer of Thor: February 2007.
>> Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker:
>> September 2005, April 2006, January 2007, August 2008.
>> Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle, Official owner
>> and trainer of Bucky Breeder, August 2008.
>> Official Member: Cabal Obsidian Order COOSN-124-07-06660
>> Official Overseer of Kooks & Trolls in 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>
>> Member of:
>> Usenet Ruiner List
>> Top Assholes on the Net List
>> Most hated usenetizens of all time List
>> Cog in the AUK Hate Machine List
>>
>> Find me on Google Maps: 24°39'47.13"S, 134°4'20.18"E
>>
>> Join me for dinner. I'm cooking obnoxious diseased body parts and
>> bonobo monkey stomach garnish next to debilitated flamingo artery
>> with cabbage topping, dished up in a chilled pail containing big
>> pieces of parsnip in melted cheese, a side of macaque eyeballs and a
>> litre of rancid tomato juice.