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[japlock]

This hard drive runs great, fast, and was a great price, but it is only recognized by a PC or laptop. I own a media player, dvd player with usb input, and xbox 360. The drive will spin up, the light blinks, and then nothing...it never shows up. I tried reformatting, but nothing changed. I have never had a problem with any of my Western Digital products, or flash drives, only this Maxtor. Any ideas?

[fzabkar]

I believe that the Maxtor OneTouch 4 comes preformatted with an NTFS file system. Most devices expect FAT32 or FAT16.

[japlock]

Thanks, any idea how to do that? When I bring up the "Format..." window, I can only select NTFS. Is there software I need to use?

[fzabkar · Accepted solution]

I'm still using Win98SE, but AFAICT you need to first use Disc Management to delete the NTFS partition.

A Google search turns up this FAT32 formatting utility:

http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm

Here is the GUI version:

http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.htm

[japlock]

Worked great! Thanks so much!