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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: formatting larger drivesRe: formatting larger drives
From: Mickey Quenzer <mickeyqu_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 09:37:39 -0700 Hi: Same as before. run the command command. ******* MQ ******* ******* Home Page: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mickeyqu ******* ******* SkypeT - instigater7724******* ----- Original Message ----- From: "rob powell" <rob_at_rinty.plus.com> To: "Lee Pilgrim" <bagawk_at_gmail.com>; "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:56 AM Subject: RE: formatting larger drives > Great, thanks. But in winXP, do I need to get to a DOS prompt to use > it, and if so how do you do that in XP? fortunately I was brought up > on DOS, so I've used it before. > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se > [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Lee Pilgrim > Sent: 05 August 2005 17:43 > To: Rockbox development > Subject: Re: formatting larger drives > > > You can use this tool: http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/ > It is command line, but you should find it to not be very hard to use. > > On 8/5/05, rob powell <rob_at_rinty.plus.com> wrote: >> Hi all, I need some help. I've got an archos studio 20 for a blind >> friend. I've upgraded the HD, (or got a friend to do it), but don't >> know how I can format the 80GB Hitachi hard drive that we've put > into >> it. It's a travelstar. >> >> I'm running XP home edition on one machine, and professional on >> another. Both have service pack 2. As far as I know, Xp won't > format >> a fat 32 drive that large. I could really do with not having to buy >> the software, and ideally it should be useable with speech on the >> computer, as I'm visually impaired as well. If it uses a similar >> interface to the windows explorer one, then it's probable that it >> would work fine. >> >> Thanks, very much for any help, I'm hoping to make my friend a > present >> of it this weekend. >> >> Rob >> >> Rob >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date: >> 04/08/2005 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox >> > > > -- > -Lee > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date: > 04/08/2005 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date: > 04/08/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-08-06 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |