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Last answer on Feb 21, 2009 4:09:28 am GMT jordan_phil, on Feb 20, 2009 9:01:27 pm GMT 
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Hello,
I tried formating my wd office ediotion by using run command at first I thought My drive is already formating it, but when it hit 99 percent format it declared that the volume is too big, My office edition is 640 gb by the way... but if its too big why does the process of formaying started.... please help me I dont know what to do. my os is windows xp sp2.. I had to format it with fat32 because when i format it using ntfs my dvd player could not read my media files anymore...

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 xpcman, on Feb 21, 2009 4:09:28 am GMT
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Microsoft Windows XP limits a FAT32 volume to 32GB it quits formatting when it hits the 32GB mark. You can download this free program - it might allow you to format the whole drive. You can also partition it into a number or FAT32 partitions and NTFS partitions. Good Luck

http://www.download.com/...

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