Help trying to Partition a 200Gb drive in to FAT32

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I am Trying to partition a 200gb drive in to approx 6 x 32Gb FAT 32
partitions so I can attached it to a Netgear wireless router with a
USB connector for storage facilty so I can use this drive as a server
type drive
I am using Windows XP and can only make 4 x 32 Gb FAT partition which
leave 100+ Gb that I can not format Can some body tell me how to obtain
the 6 so I can had 1 each for members of my family and one for Video,
Photos and Music. Thanks
 
You will have to create logical drives (extended partitions) or use a
third party partitioning tool to accomplish what you want. Microsoft
disk tools can only create 4 primary partitions per disk. You can try
BootItNg by Terabyte unlimited to create the partitions. The trial
version is fully functional for 30 days and you can work it off the
diskette boot, no need to install it to do partition work, just do
cancel when the setup program boots up and you will be able to manage
the disks and partitions. Read the caveat in the help files about
creating more than 4 primary partitions.

John
 
Steve R said:
I am Trying to partition a 200gb drive in to approx 6 x 32Gb FAT 32
partitions so I can attached it to a Netgear wireless router with a
USB connector for storage facilty so I can use this drive as a server
type drive
I am using Windows XP and can only make 4 x 32 Gb FAT partition which
leave 100+ Gb that I can not format Can some body tell me how to obtain
the 6 so I can had 1 each for members of my family and one for Video,
Photos and Music. Thanks
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Simple: Create an extended partition that covers the whole
drive, then create as many logical drives inside that partition
as you like.
 
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