external corrupt hdd -> formating to fat32

bobbens · 12-31-2004, 02:27 PM

Ok i have a 200 GB external hard drive that has gotten corrupted for some reason. I can't access it at all, but with a special app was able to salvage most of my prized data. Now i was wondering how can i get around to formating this external drive to fat32 (need to use it with windows partition). I'd prefer to use a gui (kde or console) over cui. Anyone know a good formatting app that can get this magic done? I can't mount the drive, so it will have to detect it or something like that. Thanks.

masand · 12-31-2004, 02:35 PM

hi there

u can use
fdisk

or u can use some of the tools here

www.ultimatebootcd.com

regards

bobbens · 12-31-2004, 02:43 PM

fdisk is very pretty and i don't doubt of its power, but how would i format my /dev/sda drive to a universally correct fat32 system using it? The man doesn't say much ><. Sorry to bother again :P, but a little code would help. Thanks.

masand · 12-31-2004, 02:51 PM

hi there

what about the link i posted?

u can format ur SCSI drives using the tools available from there

regards

bobbens · 12-31-2004, 03:01 PM

I looked at it but the tools i looked at individually were for windows. I'll just download the whole cd then, it's probably a usefull tool too. Thanks for the link.

masand · 12-31-2004, 10:46 PM

the CD is s bootable CD
u do not need any OS to run these tools

regards

bobbens · 01-01-2005, 05:25 AM

Yes, but to individual install the programs like Ranish Partition Manager it turns out it's a .exe and unless you use wine you can't run it, and if you run it with wine it'll work poorly at best. I know the CD loads up a primitive OS to run, but the individual tools are .exe.

Emerson · 01-01-2005, 07:50 AM

Thank you, masand! What a great set of tools.