defrag never completes and FAT32 formatting is not available

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One HDD, 4 partitions. C (sys) NTFS, D Fat32. E and F are NTFS, since
FAT32 was not available. Whenever I defrag D is goes so very slow and
actually never completes.

Any ideas why I can not defrag D and why I can not format E and F in FAT32?

All partitions no errors.

Tks,
Paul
 
I hav tried and given up on defraging of D many times. This time I left
it over night and much of today. Over 14 hours and it was still not
complete and the status bar was empty. So, I sent in the above Email for
help. Then, I looked at the degrag and it said D complete. After all
this and I finally ask for help and Viola, its done.

Why take so long? And I still do not kno why I cant format E and F is FAT32.

paul
 
paulmars said:
One HDD, 4 partitions. C (sys) NTFS, D Fat32. E and F are NTFS, since
FAT32 was not available. Whenever I defrag D is goes so very slow and
actually never completes.

Any ideas why I can not defrag D and why I can not format E and F in
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FAT32?


XP does not allow for creating Fat32 partitions over 32 gigs!

Even though the cluster size is poor...so such partitions may not be a great
idea...
Microsoft (in it's wisdom) has now decided that Fat32 partitions over 32
gigs are not allowed.

Of course...if you do want to create a larger such partitions by using a 3rd
party utility...
XP will at least recognize it
 
Thanks
FAT32?


XP does not allow for creating Fat32 partitions over 32 gigs!

Even though the cluster size is poor...so such partitions may not be a great
idea...
Microsoft (in it's wisdom) has now decided that Fat32 partitions over 32
gigs are not allowed.

Of course...if you do want to create a larger such partitions by using a 3rd
party utility...
XP will at least recognize it
Click to expand...
 
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