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There is no guarantee though that the system you ultimately want to use this drive on will be able to handle that size partition. Using 4096 is 8 times larger, hence the 1TB size that will result. That means a 10 byte file will take 4K and a 4,099 byte file will take 8K.īTW, the reason for 137MB partition is the 512 byte allocation unit size. That means every file will be on a 4K boundary. Rather than the standard 512 bytes per 'sector' read it will now be 4K. Another is 'wasted space' or slack in files. A lot more locations to look at with a large allocation table. You will have some 'issues' using a drive of that size in FAT32 I hope you are aware of. It would seem, according to THIS a /A:4096 added to the FORMAT F: /FS:FAT32 should give you the size of 1TB for the partition? S:state Where "state" is either "enable" or "disable" P:passes Zero every sector on the volume passes times. N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track. T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side. F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (1.44) NTFS compression is not supported for allocation unit sizes The above requirements cannot be met using the specified Note that the FAT and FAT32 files systems impose theįollowing restrictions on the number of clusters on a volume:įAT32: 65526 < Number of clusters < 4177918įormat will immediately stop processing if it decides that Default settingsĪre strongly recommended for general use. A:size Overrides the default allocation unit size. D UDF 2.50 only: Metadata will be duplicated. R:revision UDF only: Forces the format to a specific UDF version Handles to the volume would no longer be valid. X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. C NTFS only: Files created on the new volume will be compressed FS:filesystem Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS Volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), Here is the HELP for FORMAT :įORMAT volume įORMAT volume įORMAT volume However, you might be able to get a larger drive by changing the default allocation size. Uhh, looks like you are up against built-in limits, look at LIMITATIONS OF THE FAT32 FILESYSTEM IN XP from MS. IF you have any questions, reply and I will do my best to help out!
Be patient with that program as it can be annoying. So if you have somethng bigger, I recommend downloading CompApps Swissknife version 3.
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You can use your PC to format using Disk Management but it only works at formatting drives 32Gigs or less.
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Add your corresponding files to each folder, disconnect from your PC and now connect to your PS3 via USB or whatever, and you should be good to go! It should take a few seconds to reformat it to Fat32.ģ) Now, you have a FAT32 formatted drive, make a couple of folders titled Video, Music, Photo, etc. Open the program, find the new drive which you have previously deleted then click on CREATE in the Swissknife program. This program is a little glitchy so it may take a couple of attempts for it to run properly.
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Go to and download the Fat32 formatter called COMPUAPPS Swissknife. This can be accessed by going to your START Menu, Click RUN, then type in diskmgmt.mscĢ) In the Disk Management program, right click the drive you have added to your PC and then click on delete partition.
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Do do this, you can look through the forums for a guy who has a detailed pdf file on how to do this using the cmd.exe program on your computer but this did not work for me so I would recommend this 3 step process:ġ) Connect your drive to your PC via usb or whatever and go to your file management program. So what you need to do is reformat the drive (flash, usb, sata, etc) using a file formatting software. I just got a 160gig USB hard drive yesterday, connected it to the PC and it said file format NTFS. Okay, enough with the squabbles and misinformation. I found reference to the fact that SwissKnife can be a bit cranky, and that it might take a few attempts before it will bring up the FAT32 option.