How to format external hard drive to FAT32 in Windows如何格式的外部硬盤驅動器，以在Windows 32
Posted on September 20, 2008 at 5:31 am發布9月20日在2008年上午05點31分
Trying to format a large external USB or Firewire hard drive to the FAT32 file system?試圖格式大外部的USB或Firewire硬盤， FAT32文件系統 ？ Can’t do it?不能做到這一點嗎？ Only see an option for formatting the drive using the NTFS file format?只看到一個選擇格式化的驅動器使用的是NTFS文件格式？ Well if you answered yes any of those questions, then you’re at the right place.那麼如果您有任何回答這些問題，那麼您是在正確的位置。
I was recently trying to format my 1 TB MyBook external hard drive in Windows XP to FAT32 instead of the overly forced-upon NTFS format.最近我試圖格式我一結核病MyBook外置硬盤Windows XP中FAT32的，而不是過分強迫各國NTFS格式。 Why?這是為什麼？ Well because I needed to connect it to a NAS device and the NTFS permissions were causing the NAS not to be able to access the drive.好吧，因為我需要它連接到NAS設備和NTFS權限造成的NAS不能夠訪問驅動器。 Simple solution is to use FAT32, no security, no problems.簡單的解決辦法是使用FAT32 ，沒有安全，沒有問題。 Though it’s sometimes useful to雖然有時有用 format a USB drive in NTFS format格式化USB驅動器在NTFS格式 . 。
Also, formatting a drive in FAT or FAT32 will allow it to be read by other operating systems, such as Mac, Linux, and older versions of Windows such as Windows 98.此外，格式化驅動器在FAT或FAT32將使它能夠讀取的其他操作系統，如Mac ， Linux ，和舊版本的Windows ，如Windows 98 。
Unfortunately, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 will only format a removable drive in FAT32 if it’s less than 32GB!不幸的是， Windows XP和Windows Server 2003年將只格式可移動驅動器在FAT32的，如果不到有32G ！ Hmmm…that pretty much cuts out ALL modern external hard drives! Hmmm ...這幾乎削減了所有現代外置硬盤！
However, Windows can format a drive that is larger than 32GB in FAT32, but you have to use the DOS command prompt.但是， Windows可以格式的驅動器是大於32GB的FAT32的，但你必須使用DOS命令提示符。 However, if you have a drive that is 1TB or larger, you may still get an error saying “ The volume is too big for FAT32 ”.然而，如果您有一個驅動器，是1TB或較大，您仍然可以得到一個錯誤說： “ 體積過大，無法用於FAT32的 。 ”
In that case, you can use a free program called SwissKnife that will allow you to format an external hard drive that is up to 2TB in size.在這種情況下，您可以使用一個免費程序要求SwissKnife ，讓您的格式外部硬驅動器，是為2TB大小。 Let’s go through both methods.讓我們通過這兩種方法。 In case you are having problems getting your external hard drive to show up in Windows, read my article on how to如果你有問題讓您的外部硬盤驅動器出現在Windows ，請閱讀我的文章就如何 change the drive letter for an external drive in Windows更改盤符的外部驅動器在Windows . 。
Format external drive in FAT32 using DOS格式外部驅動器在使用FAT32的司
Open a command window by going to Start , then Run and typing in CMD .打開一個命令窗口將啟動 ，然後運行，並輸入指令 。
Now type in the following command at the prompt:現在，鍵入以下命令在提示：
format /FS:FAT32 X: 格式/財政司司長： 32十：
Replace the letter X with the letter of your external hard drive in Windows.改為第十信的信您外部硬盤驅動器在Windows 。 Windows will go ahead and begin formatting the drive in FAT32! Windows將繼續，並開始格式化的驅動器在FAT32的！
Format external hard drive in FAT32 using SwissKnife格式外部硬盤驅動器在FAT32的使用SwissKnife
SwissKnife SwissKnife is a nifty little program that is completely free and that you can use to format many types of external drives such as USB, Firewire, PCMIA, SATA and SCSI.是一個漂亮的小程序，完全免費，您可以使用該格式的多種類型的外部驅動器，如USB接口，火線， PCMIA ，的SATA和SCSI 。 You can also use it to create partitions on an external hard drive and it formats faster than Windows.您也可以使用它來創建分區的外部硬盤驅動器和格式，速度比Windows操作系統。
So next time you want to format a hard drive in FAT32 and Windows only gives you an option for NTFS, make sure to follow one of the two method mentioned above.因此，下次你要格式化硬盤驅動器在32和Windows只給你一個選擇的NTFS ，請務必遵循的兩個上述方法。 Enjoy!盡情享用吧！
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