Bizarre errors trying to format 1Tb drive FAT32

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  1. Layback Bear
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    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
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    VistaKing said:
    HD Recorders don't read NTFS FAT32 is universall . Could be read on Windows and Mac OSes
    Thank you very much for the info.
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  3. DeaconFrost
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    Layback Bear said:
    I not very knowledgeable about such things but I do wonder why a hard drive would require Fat 32.
    It's not the hard drive giving the requirement, but the device trying to read the drive. I'd prefer to use NTFS as well, but it sounds like the DVR needs a more universal format.
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  4. Layback Bear
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    I ever understand more, thanks all.
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  6. swiftie
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    I went off FAT32 because of the filesize limit, so I downloaded a Linux Live CD, booted it on my Proliant Microserver and formatted the drive EXT3.

    I don't care what format the drive is, as long as the FOXSAT HDR accepts it. It did, and I'm now sorted.
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