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How to format it to FAT32?

Discussion in 'Non-Emulation Help' started by yoshi2889, Oct 23, 2010.

  1. yoshi2889

    yoshi2889 Well-Known Member

    Hello.

    Recently I got the manual from my media player (aka HDD).

    I want to connect it to my TV but the manual says it only supports FAT32 file systems on the TV. But then, I can't format it to FAT32.
    I can't partition it to FAT32 either.

    I am using Windows Vista Business. I can use Windows 7, and possibly Windows XP, to format the drive again.

    I am having 3 partitions on the drive. One for media files (which I want to format to FAT32), one for extra files (which I want to keep NTFS) and one for Wii games (WBFS).

    How can I format the first partition to FAT32 and why can't I select it when trying to format?

    No firmware upgrade is no option as it still needs the player in FAT32.
     
  2. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    http://download.cnet.com/SwissKnife/3000-2248_4-10389770.html

    This is what I used to format my 500gb external to fat 32.
     
  3. yoshi2889

    yoshi2889 Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the program hYpNoS. Got it to format the 300 GB partition to FAT32.