Today I was looking for a how to format a disk in FAT32 in Windows Vista and came across this simple tip. You can simply open the run command and type the following there:
format [drive letter]: /FS:FAT32
So if the drive you want to format is drive E: you simply type in format E: /FS:FAT32. This will open a new window where you’ll be asked to confirm the operation. After that all you need to do is wait a little.
If you don’t have a lot of time to wait you can also add the /q command to do a quick format.
Alien303 zegt:
Microsoft have limited this to only work on partitions under 20gb though. same as xp!
December 26th, 2008
Rone zegt:
You will need to search for command prompt in start menu and right click it when it appears and select run as administrator if command prompt shows “Access Denied as you do not have sufficient priveleges. You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode.”
April 3rd, 2009
CORMAC CULLEN zegt:
HI WALTER,I BOUGHT A 120 HDD TO INSTALL IN MY ROLAND BOSS BR120 RECORDING MACHINE AND I’M TOLD I WILL HAVE TO PARTITION IT,AND INITIONALISE IT….I HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS COULD U HELP ME PLEASE.CORMAC CULLEN.
January 8th, 2010