western digital portable hard drive


  1. Posts : 40
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
       #1

    western digital portable hard drive


    hello iam hoping some body can help i need to but my western digital portable hard drive back to either FAT32 or default FAT so i can use it to back my playstation up

    but every when i go to format it there is only 2 options wither exFAT or NTFS

    does any body now a way of sorting this

    thank you
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  2. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #2

    1) Open a command window by going to Start, then Run and typing in CMD.

    2) Now type in the following command at the prompt:

    format /FS:FAT32 X:

    where X: is the drive letter assigned to the external drive.
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  3. Posts : 40
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    cheer ive give it a try it seems to do it but right at the end it says drivre is to big to format to FAT32 but it use to be that

    any other ideas ???
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  4. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #4

    OK, then use the WD recommended method and the WD utility.

    Download WD Support > Downloads > Select Product

    Support page How to format a WD hard drive in FAT32 (for use in both Windows or MAC OSX)=
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  5. Posts : 40
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    thank you very much once the program was installed it only took about 10 seconds to sort it
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