phyzfer Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm prepping a hard drive I have (250GB WD Passport) for use with my F700BT. I can only format with exFAT (FAT64). I've read that I should format as FAT32, but because the hard drive is larger than FAT32 can support I have to format it with exFAT. Has anyone done this? It's a very tedious task of moving over 150GB of files, and if I can get clarification regarding this it'll help. Else, I'll have to purchase a 100GB hard drive and use that for my files (while formatting it with FAT32). Any help would be much appreciated. thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm prepping a hard drive I have (250GB WD Passport) for use with my F700BT. I can only format with exFAT (FAT64). I've read that I should format as FAT32, but because the hard drive is larger than FAT32 can support I have to format it with exFAT. Has anyone done this? It's a very tedious task of moving over 150GB of files, and if I can get clarification regarding this it'll help. Else, I'll have to purchase a 100GB hard drive and use that for my files (while formatting it with FAT32). Any help would be much appreciated. thanks! FAT32 support _far_ bigger drives than puny 250GB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phyzfer Posted October 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 that's odd. Windows7 disagrees with that. I did this in command prompt: format /FS:FAT32 X: It errored out saying the drive was too large. Perhaps windows7 just doesn't like it. I might be running 64-bit windows though, although I don' t think that should matter. Any information regarding formatting using exFAT? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 that's odd. Windows7 disagrees with that. I did this in command prompt: format /FS:FAT32 X: It errored out saying the drive was too large. Perhaps windows7 just doesn't like it. I might be running 64-bit windows though, although I don' t think that should matter. Any information regarding formatting using exFAT? Vista, or 7, just do not like formatting large drives with FAT32 for some Microsoft's reasons. Use a third-party tool, i.e. something from here: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html#format Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phyzfer Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 thanks! I used the h2format tool within a XP VM i had running on Windows7. Worked beautifully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 thanks! I used the h2format tool within a XP VM i had running on Windows7. Worked beautifully. You're welcome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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