System Volume Information needed
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From: Bob I on 5 Aug 2010 08:12 Henry wrote: > Mark Adams wrote: > >> >> "Henry" wrote: >> >> >>> Don Phillipson wrote: >>> >>>> "Henry" <wa0goz(a)arrl.net> wrote in message >>>> news:i3a9eg$d3m$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I won't bother your or embarrass me by stating I that I now have a >>>>> folder on my Seagate drive entitled "System Volume Information" which >>>>> doesn't belong there. It has zero folders, zero files and zero bits >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This is an artifact of the NTFS format procedure. If you reformat >>>> in FAT32 you will not see it. >>>> >>> >>> How do I format in FAT32 please? When I click on format, the only >>> choice I have is NTFS. >>> >>> Henry >>> . >>> >> >> >> Do the reformatting in Disk Management. Detete the partition on the >> external drive (make sure you select the correct drive letter), >> recreate the partition, then format FAT32. Keep in mind that the FAT32 >> file system cannot handle files larger than 4 GB. If you plan on >> keeping multi-GB drive images or large video files for example, on the >> external disk, it will have to be formatted NTFS. > > > Even when I do as you instructed, when I get to format the only choice > I have is NTFS. I do not have FAT32 as a choice. The partition size will have to be cut to 32 GB to allow FAT32 to be used. XP will only permit NTFS on anything larger than 32 GB. If "seeing" the System Volume Information folder is the only reason you have for wanting to format the partition as FAT32, I'd suggest you leave the partition formating alone, as there are a few differences you may discover you don't want. Simply REcheck the box for "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)", and ignore it. |