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<blockquote data-quote="warrenbert" data-source="post: 89178"><p>Are you using "home" or "professional"? I use pro and format FAT32 all the time.</p><p></p><p>Remember:</p><p></p><p>1) You can't "convert" a partition. You have to be willing to delete the partitions and lose everything on your disk.</p><p></p><p>2) The max size of FAT32 partitions is 32GB. If you try anything larger, your partition cannot be read by any machine. Partitioning programs will often allow you to create larger partitions, but they will be useless.</p><p></p><p>Another tried and true method is to use Linux QTParted. You can use a "live CD" like Knoppix on your PC. Your PC has to be able to boot from its optical drive. By the way, it's a great way to try out linux without installing anything on your computer. The download is about 650MB then you just burn the .iso image. QTParted is an open-source app much like Partition Magic but I find it more reliable, plus it's included on Knoppix which is a PC's emergency toolkit nowadays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="warrenbert, post: 89178"] Are you using "home" or "professional"? I use pro and format FAT32 all the time. Remember: 1) You can't "convert" a partition. You have to be willing to delete the partitions and lose everything on your disk. 2) The max size of FAT32 partitions is 32GB. If you try anything larger, your partition cannot be read by any machine. Partitioning programs will often allow you to create larger partitions, but they will be useless. Another tried and true method is to use Linux QTParted. You can use a "live CD" like Knoppix on your PC. Your PC has to be able to boot from its optical drive. By the way, it's a great way to try out linux without installing anything on your computer. The download is about 650MB then you just burn the .iso image. QTParted is an open-source app much like Partition Magic but I find it more reliable, plus it's included on Knoppix which is a PC's emergency toolkit nowadays. [/QUOTE]
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