Format hdd to fat32 vista

Formatting large hard drive in FAT32 is no longer a problem by using the features of "Format Volume" and "Convert to FAT32 Partition" in Macrorit Partition Expert, the former format feature could assist you to reach the format the large drive in FAT32 without size limit This feature will erase all data that stored in the target drive, so the target drive should be empty ; the later convert feature is more advanced, if your drive contains important data, it is capable of helping you to convert to FAT32 partition without data losing This feature is widely used for Sony external Hard Disk Drive to FAT32 file system prior to use it with your PS3 or other devices which contains large game files or videos.

Let's see the details. Step 1: After launching the program, right-click the NTFS partition in the main disk partition map interface to get the drop-down menu, select "Format Volume" to start.

Step 2: In the new window, choose FAT32 in the drop-down in file system area, then set the related info as your wish, click "OK" to confirm the task and add it to pending task list. If you are not similar with Cluster Size, please do not change the cluster size. Step 3: Back to the main window, last but not the least, you need to commit the change s Shows in Pending Operations area to effect by clicking "Commit" button. It will only take several seconds to finish. If you are trying to use FAT32 for your Windows internal hard disk, or if you have a plan to use your Sony external Hard Disk Drive with a PS3 or any other device that only supports the FAT32 file system, this feature could help you to reach the safely conversion and keeps all data intact.

Macrorit Partition Expert with unique Enterprise-class Data Protection has special customized editions for companies use or technical providers. Unlimited Edition and Technician Edition , they are allowed unlimited usage on multiple computers. So I'm looking for a third party application or some other method that will allow me to format this hdd to FAT Any help is appreciated. Is this for storage, or an OS?

There are many 3rd party tools that will do this no problem, otherwise as long as you have Vista SP2 you can format the drive as exFAT from the command prompt. Another problem with exFAT is if an older os tries to read it, they won't be able to. As long as you're not still working with outdated operating systems it won't be any problem. Will this work?? Works very well. Thanks for the recommendations. Worked like a charm.

All it well now. I'll look up this thread next time I do a backup as I may not have that HDD available to me next time since it was borrowed.