Hi,
I just bought a 2TB Iomega Prestige hard drive to use for streaming video through my PS3.
I've been trying to convert it from NTFS to FAT32, and every step-by-step guide I've tried to follow has failed.
What I've done so far (following different sets of instructions) is: I've gone to Run > diskmgmt.msc and deleted the partition; I've downloaded the Iomega Encryption Utility and removed the Virtual CD; I've tried to use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to reformat the drive, but it kept telling me it's write-protected; I downloaded the Iomega FAT32 Formatter from the website, and then I created a 2TB NTFS partition on the drive, and when it finished formatting I tried to reformat it as FAT32 using this tool, but it won't reformat it for me - it's telling me "The partition information for the selected drive is invalid or unavailable."
Can someone help me out with an ABC, straightforward, idiot-proof guide to doing this? I thought it'd be really simple.
I'm using Windows XP.
Thanks.
I just bought a 2TB Iomega Prestige hard drive to use for streaming video through my PS3.
I've been trying to convert it from NTFS to FAT32, and every step-by-step guide I've tried to follow has failed.
What I've done so far (following different sets of instructions) is: I've gone to Run > diskmgmt.msc and deleted the partition; I've downloaded the Iomega Encryption Utility and removed the Virtual CD; I've tried to use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to reformat the drive, but it kept telling me it's write-protected; I downloaded the Iomega FAT32 Formatter from the website, and then I created a 2TB NTFS partition on the drive, and when it finished formatting I tried to reformat it as FAT32 using this tool, but it won't reformat it for me - it's telling me "The partition information for the selected drive is invalid or unavailable."
Can someone help me out with an ABC, straightforward, idiot-proof guide to doing this? I thought it'd be really simple.
I'm using Windows XP.
Thanks.