Formatting hard drive to fat32 on vista

Then you need to delete your hard drive and then format it. Have trouble following my instructions, then simply follow the video tutorial at the bottom of this page. The first step in this how to format a hard drive tutorial is to prepare your hard drive for formation. Remember everything you have on this hard drive will be lost. Make sure you check your desktop, your my documents folders, maybe export your emails and address book and save your favorites.

Once you are happy that all your files have been saved move on to the next step. If your using Windows Vista, go start, control panel, administrative tools and then double click computer management.

Download and install WD Quick Formatter. In most cases, you need to unzip it before you can install. Second , start WD Quick Formatter. Read the warning and click on Continue. Next, accept the End User License Agreement.

Third , let the utility scan external hard drive. Select the WD drive when it completes. Choose the appropriate one according to your situation. Please note that software like auto-backup programs, anti-virus and remote access applications have great possibility to take up your drive.

Nevertheless, users search help online because WD Quick Formatter failed or not working now and then. Also, as covered, it only applies to external hard drive. Right click the storage media that you want to get it formatted, and select " Convert to FAT32 " option. Click " Apply Changes " button in the software to apply the changes. It does not ask to reboot computer for the formatting that you may use the free fat32 format tool to format drive without restarting computer.

Also read: how to permanently erase media without recovery. Fat32 is a file system format defined by Windows named as file allocation table32, which is used on 32bit FAT file system. It was used in early days of digital devices less than 32gb for most memory cards, flash drives