When you have a new hard drive, or when you're reinstalling Windows, the OS may ask you to format the drive. If given a choice, the two common modes are NTFS and FAT32. But what are those, and why ...

I'm trying (key word, trying) to convert a friends 3tb WD My Book to FAT32 so he can store, and play all his AVI movies, etc. I'm using Acronis Disc Doctor, without much success. This is the ID info I ...

The Problem:<BR>The C: partition is empty (for the most part, it is FAT32) the partition has winxp on it (NTFS).<BR><BR>My goal:<BR>To format both of these partitions, to install winxp on C:, then to ...

I want to make a backup of my music files from a Brennan Jukebox. The process is simple enough, just plug in a USB memory stick formatted to FAT32. I already have larger USB storage devices but they ...

Windows: If you use external drives or flash drives often, you've probably reformatted between NTFS and FAT32 tons of times. Here's how to convert a drive FAT32 to NTFS without losing any of your ...

In order to implement full support for the NTFS file system, you will need to install third-party software. While Apple allows you to read NTFS drives on Macs, the ability to both write to these ...

Before we begin, it’s important to know that formatting a drive will erase everything on it, so you’ll want to make sure that you back up or save anything that you don’t want to lose. After you’ve ...