Gaming Can somebody help me partition my HDD?

[drakorex]

I got a seagate HDD the other day, and when I tried to format it to fat32 the usual way, it would only format to NTFS. I tried using Wii Backup Manager, and it SAYS that it changed, but it didn't. Any suggestions?

 

[kjb1686]

You can try downloading a partition manager like EASEUS partition manager and format it using that and you can also use it to partition the drive. For the program google it i don't have a link for it.

 

[drakorex]

I'm using Paragon, but after it formats, I check the file system and it says NTFS

 

[shamiko_]

open cmd (comand prompt) as administrator: right click on cmd.exe and select run as administrator

type the following

convert G: /FS:FAT32

where "G" is the drive letter of your seagate HDD (open my computer to find out)

 

[samagon]

You can't format large drives to fat32 on Windows XP and above. You could use a number of different 3rd party tools. Try fat32format: hxxp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/FAT32format.shtml

Or if you're using linux just type this into the terminal while you have root access:

mkfs -t vfat -I /dev/sda1

Assuming that sda is the drive you want to format.

 

[drakorex]

Hey, I got it. WOOT! I just had to run it a couple times.Now then. Is there a need for a NTFS partition for it to function properly, or can I have the whole thing as fat32?

 

[shamiko_]

Hey, I got it. WOOT! I just had to run it a couple times.Now then. Is there a need for a NTFS partition for it to function properly, or can I have the whole thing as fat32?

no it is not a nnessesity to have another ntfs partition on that drive, be warned that files over 4gb will not copy over

 

[drakorex]

Wiiflow read the NTFS but the rest of the wii didn't. Any insight on this?

 

[shamiko_]

Wiiflow read the NTFS but the rest of the wii didn't. Any insight on this?

programs that suport ntfs should read your hardrive

what do you mean 'the rest of the wii didn't"