formatting fat16

Format FAT16
Dr Arm A...@Armory.arm comp sys ibm pc hardware storage lyeowch...@yahoo.com wrote: I've got a seagate 4.3 gb hard disk that's brand new.I would like to format it in fat16 mode.Anybody there who can help? -- Posted via CNET Help.com http://www.help.com/ split it into two partitions. da.

How to format FAT16 with one reserved sector?
Michol michol.ba...@xilinx.com microsoft public windowsxp basics I need to format a CompactFlash device in FAT16 format with a single reserved sector. Windows XP and Windows 2000 both automatically format the MBR (PBR) with additional reserve sectors automatically created. How can I specify that only one reserved

Formatting CF card as FAT16
C: 2047 MB D: Rest of Drive When I format the C: Partition it uses FAT32 and I cannot locate an option to force it to use FAT16. This will be a dual-boot system with NT4.0 and the boot partition must be FAT16. Anyone know the trick to making this work ??? Regards Robert Willis EMAIL: Robert-Wil...@worldnet.att.net.

Rediculously Simple Question
Have I to reformat to FAT16 ? Not necessarily. You can get Partition Magic (www.powerquest.com) and create a second primary partition and install W95 to it. If I have to do so, how formatting to FAT16 ? To switch back to fat, you must either fdisk your drive and reformat it or get Partition Magic (no data loss with

MMC format fat16
Trzeba sformatowac karte pod wind± w FAT 16 ?? Niestety żaden soft nie przychodzi mi do głowy. OK, idz i nie grzesz wiecej. veri A może doradx co¶ autorowi??? Co prawda przy obecnych cenach kart to po prostu kupiłbym now±... po co, w windows komenda uruchom z wiersza: To format SD-card in Windows command line just

formatting FAT16 vs. FAT32
Barry Watzman Watz...@neo.rr.com alt certification a-plus His problem is that the partition is formatted FAT16 and not FAT32. He can format the whole 30 gigs in DOS, but only in FAT32. FAT16 has a 2 gig limit. DOS or Windows has nothing to do with it. Pete wrote: Are you using the windows 98 startup disk?

NT setup on Win98/FAT32 with 2 drives?
HTH*<:) Does anybody know how to force a format with FAT16 in Windows 98 (Don't ask why)? I tried using the regular format command and it always defaults to FAT32? Thanks for the help, Mike -- "Let he who hath no sin cast the 1st stone,then run!". http://www.mp3.com/artists/17/sheppard.html

karta sd + odmowa sformatowania karty
I want to get my hands on a device that has the problem FAT16 format, so that I can make !ROFS read it. I had hoped that I could "just" reformat a 128 GB USB pen that I have, using XP, so I did that a few minutes ago, then transferred a number of small files onto it. I can see all the files, using RO5's built in

FAT16
I think that it will be useful for me to have ext3 format for backuping my files from Ubuntu, as well as another format - for having my media files to play them on a DVD player. If it's >2GB, it won't be FAT16, it will be FAT32, which is actually a reasonably efficient, fast FS with good long name support.

Forcing a FAT16 format
I want to format the SCSI disk in FAT16 so that it can be accessed by both OSs. I always end up with FAT32 on the SCSI disk. The trouble is that the SCSI disk is not recognized by MS-DOS. I do not get the FDISK option line '5. Change currrent fixed disk drive' unless I select 'Start/Programs/MS-DOS Prompt' from

Formatting Zip Disk w/DOS-FAT16?
Tim Slattery Slatter...@bls.gov microsoft public win98 fat32 "Nandini Hengen" <nhen...@whengenibk.de> wrote: Hello everyone, I have two questions on my mind right now - 1) I'd like to know if there are any programs / operating systems which format floppies with FAT16 or FAT32 format... as far as I can see only

Formatting CF card as FAT16
The instructions say that it will ask me if I am installing Windows NT and then if I say NO, it will ask for a system disk and then will let me decide to format FAT16 or FAT32. I never get these questions though. When I choose to partition and format, it just goes directly to a screen where it shows my hard drive

Is FAT32 slower than FAT16?
wkttp...@wedqdu.com.rc alt os linux suse OK, let's try this... I would like to format it so that is is r/w to Linux as well as r/w to any other system be it OS/2, Windows, etc. Didn't mean to start a war... Geese.. Try formatting it FAT16. mkdosfs will do it. --

Get MaxBlast to let me format as FAT32 not FAT16
Currently the hard disc is formatted as FAT16. I understand that win98 (and later versions of win95) use FAT32, so a) Should I worry about it and b) How can I format it to FAT32 anyway? Thanks, Jon Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Formatting a Drive with FAT16 using WIN98
Start over, use fdisk again, delete that partition, check what size fdisk is saying the drive is when you tell it to create a single primary dos partition for the whole drive. Format the drive. If its still 2GB after that, you're still formatting it FAT16, most likely because you're using an old copy of format from

Formatting with FAT16
Flame Boy mrcopest...@blueyonder.co.uk alt os windows-xp I've brought a Blaupunkt MP72 car stereo that takes MMC cards but when I try to format the cards then use them in the player it displays MMC error. But the card works in my siemens SL42 mp3 player. Any help please -- Thanks Robert.

Formatting with FAT16
Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\) sbr...@ptt.yu microsoft public windowsxp embedded Hi Simon, Try using Win PE or Windows XP on your target device to partition and format your CF. This will make boot record that load ntldr. Also I don't think that FAT16 can't be created on partitions with that size you can check that in FAT

Formatting with FAT16
David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk rec photo digital Gisle Hannemyr wrote: [] If anyone know how to format at 16 Mb card to use FAT16 on Win/XP, please respond. I see no option for specifically formatting as FAT16 in XP. You may be able to find a 3rd party format program that

Help with multiboot OS manager?
Dave david_j_church...@yahoo.com rec photo digital Why can't you just reformat the card in the camera or in the computer, as FAT16? "Gisle Hannemyr" <gisle+n...@ifi.uio.no> wrote in message news:q5k6wdpdb6.fsf@nelja.ifi.uio.no... I have a 32 Mbyte CF card. In my stupidity I let Windows/XP format a 16 Mb CF-card,

Formatting with FAT16
ace72 ace72aceM...@netscape.net alt games quake2 jeff wrote: Hey Ace The problem is that you CANNOT format FAT16 to partitions greater that 2.1GB. That is the whole limitation to the FAT16 system. Tha max cluster size is 64K so it goes like this. 128meg = 4K clusters 256 = 8K clusters 512 = 16K clusters 1024 = 32K