paxkitty.blogg.se - Fat32 hdd format tool

In the "Volume label" field, confirm a drive name that will appear in File Explorer.

Use the default selection in the "Allocation unit size" drop-down menu.

However, if you think you might use the device on a Linux machine, "FAT32" is the best option, even though you will be limited to 4GB file sizes.

Quick tip: If you plan to use the removable storage on Windows 10 and macOS systems, you may want to select the "exFAT" option for compatibility.

Use the "File system" drop-down menu and select the NTFS option.

Im way too lazy to put links in all of this, but google will find everything up there with no problems. I do remember having to run something in a lower version of windows compatibility mode, maybe xp, or 7. The last time I did this I did it differently, though I cannot for the life of me remember how.

tool allows guiformat to disregard the 2TB limit. I don't know what changes, but something about reformatting with the manuf.

If not, i highly recommend trying any or all of the drive utilities provided by the manufacturer, then try guiformat after each one. I say this may not work for you if you do not have a WD drive of some sort. I think at some point i changed the cluster sizes around, but I believe every time the drive was reformatted it reset those to default. (at no point this far did guiformat want to do it, kept erroring with max 2tb, pretty sure i tried about 50 times)Ĥth i used WD Quickformatter, with compatibility set to win xpĥth Lo and behold, guiformat did not throw an error, and formatted the full drive to 4tb. cant hurt!)ģrd back to windows disk, and back to ntfs, still 4tb I could be wrong about the 2TB limit or the lack of ability to read gpt, id say try it anyway. If yer after this for PS3, you might be sol. I got the end result I wanted after some trial and error.ġst i used windows standard disk tool to format the drive to ntfs, full 4tbĢnd i used acronis WD edition to format the drive to exfat, and make sure its gpt and not mbr (i dont think mbr will let you go over 2TB anyway, and I don't believe theres a way around that one. Also, I'm not sure all these steps are necessary. posting it here, just in case it will help you or anyone with this issue. I got it to work, though I don't know if my solution will work for you. I have a similar issue, with similar unhelpful responses along the lines of "cant be done" or "use exfat" or "use ntfs".