Please help, need Win95b fdisk.exe to convert to FAT32

[jbrooks]

Hello,<br><br>I have some computers in our school lab that are running Windows 95C FAT16 and I'd like to reformat (erase) them and change to FAT32 (850 MB hard drives).&nbsp;&nbsp;I apparently don't have the right fdisk version that gives me the option for FAT32.&nbsp;&nbsp;Can anyone help me locate the utilities that will allow me to re-partition and format to FAT32?&nbsp;&nbsp;And also, can you please give me step by step instructions to do this correctly?<br><br>Thank you.

 

[Hunter11]

You might have a little trouble with reformating to FAT32 with the 850Mb harddrives. I tried with a 1.7Gb and it would not allow me to convert. That was with Win 98. I believe the same would apply to Win 95B and C.<br><br>I have been informed it is mainly for drives 2Gb and over. But if you would like to check in your help files of Win95 there is a section on FAT. If it says anything on FAT32 then the OP system will support it but the drives may not.<br><br>You could also check in System Tools to see if the Converter is present. You can find it off the Accessory Menu off the Start Menu.<br><br>By the way why do you want to erase them, it is possible you could convert them with out erasing if the OP will allow conversion.<br><br> <p>Steven Walker<br><a href=mailto:strider@paradise.net.nz>strider@paradise.net.nz</a><br><a href= > </a><br>Brainbench MVP Computer Technician

 

[soapy]

The way you can convert to fat32 WITHOUT reformatting your hard drive is to do the following:<br><br>Click on your start button, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Drive converter (fat32).<br><br>if your system will handle it, this is the way I would try it first, before doing a reformat.<br><br>Hope this helps.