Format Hard Drive or External Drive to FAT32

Format an Existing Volume to Use FAT32

There is two ways to format your hard drive or external drive to FAT32.you can use Dos/Command Prompt or you can format is using Disk Management.

Format the partition using DOS or Command Prompt.

1.) Open a command prompt window by going to click Start, click Run and key in CMD.

2.) Now type the Format /FS:FAT32 F: at the prompt and press Enter.
      
    *the F: is which partition you want to format.
      Example : If you want to format your partition G,
                        you will need to type Format /FS:FAT32 G:

3.) Press Y = Yes or N = No to proceed or stop the formatting.


Second way to format the partition using Disk Management.
 To format a volume, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, then right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. In the console tree, click Disk Management.
3. In the Disk Management window, right-click the volume that you want to format (or reformat), and then click Format.
4. In the Format dialog box, do the following:
   
   * Click FAT32 in the File system box.
   * Type a name for the volume in the Volume label box.
   
5. If you want, you can also change the disk allocation unit size, or specify whether you want to perform a quick format.
   
   * Click OK.
    
6. Click OK when you are prompted to format the volume.