Tech Geeks - NTFS to FAT32

[Swanky]

I just bought a 2tb drive that I had planned to use as my makeshift media centre.

I currently have all the movies and TV shows I download on a 500gb drive that plugs into our HD Set Top Box. That works fine.

Transferred all the files to the new 2tb beast and it says "unknown file type".

I discovered the 2tb drive is in NTFS format and I reckon I need it to be in Fat 32, any easy way to do this?

I currently have the drive clean so I don't need to worry about loss of data.

Cheers boys and girls.

[bennymacca]

right click on drive, click format. it should give you an option as to what file format you want.

[David]

What benny the cunt said.

[Swanky]

Here is the options I get when I right click to format.



If that helps.

Not Fat32 option, but there is the exFat option which I have tried and no success.

[bennymacca]

did you google?

try this http://www.online-tech-tips.com/compute ... to-fat-32/

[666HARPS666]

http://www.extend-partition.com/.../convert-ntfs-to-fat32-partition.html

might give you an answer old man Swanky

[David]

exFat is basically Fat64 (a step up from Fat32)
Works better for larger drives - although doesn't work with anything before XP from memory. Not sure.

I'd use exFat - let it format - and then test it out on whatever you are playing it from.

[Scotty]

lol SwankyVision

[Swanky]

exFat is basically Fat64 (a step up from Fat32)
Works better for larger drives - although doesn't work with anything before XP from memory. Not sure.

I'd use exFat - let it format - and then test it out on whatever you are playing it from.

OK but what about the "allocation size"??

[David]

Just leave it as default