No Fat32 option in Disk Utility

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No Fat32 option in Disk Utility

I'm running OS 10.4.11 and I have an external HD that I need to transfer files from my Mac to be used on a PC. I am trying to format the HD so it can be used on both, but I do not have FAT32 as an option.

How do I format this external HD to be used on a PC after I dump down the files from my Mac?

Thanks,

G5 Mac

Posted on May 5, 2008 2:17 PM

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Answer 1

May 5, 2008 2:31 PM in response to klhaugen

I think that you can find that option in the Partition panel, an Options... button. Do you see choices there for GUID, Apple Partition Map and FAT32?

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May 5, 2008 2:56 PM in response to Glen Doggett

No, I don't even have the partitioning option showing. I have "First Aid", "Erase" "RAID" and "Restore". That's it.

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May 5, 2008 3:10 PM in response to klhaugen

Are you selecting the top-level physical disc icon, rather than the existing logical partition's Volume icon? The Partition operation isn't valid on an existing partition, you have to select the disc, then it should show up.

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Answer 4

May 5, 2008 3:25 PM in response to klhaugen

No, you won't find it there, but if you access Disk Utility and use

the Help option>Index>Partitioning a Disk.

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