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Formatting a Partition Greater
than 32 GB with FAT32
WindowsXP will only format a partition greater than 32 GB
as NTFS.
If you want to format it with FAT32:
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You can use a regular Win98 Boot disk and use that version
of FDISK to create the partition (with Large Hard Drive Support)
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Reboot with the same boot disk and format
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WindowsXP will then be able to use the partition with no
problems
Hidden Format Switches
There are a couple of undocument Format switches that have been around for several years: They will work with at least DOS 6.2 and above.
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FORMAT /AUTOTEST - Formats without any prompting and exits the program when finished
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FORMAT /BACKUP - Like /AUTOTEST but you will be prompted for a volume label
These
can be useful if your are formatting drives from a batch file or shortcut and don't want to be prompted for input.
Hidden FDISK Switches
Here are a few additional switches that can be used with FDISK:
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/Status - Give the status of the partitions. Similar to option #4
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/FPRMT - FAT32 in drivers smaller than 512 MB
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/MBR - Fix master boot record
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/PRI:xx - Primary partition of size XX in megs
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/EXT:xx - Extended partitio
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/LOG:xx - Logical drive in extended partition
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