I have a Segate 1tb external hard drive. On this I have created 7 32 GB FAT32 partitions and 1 450 GB NTFS partition. I have created these partitions using Disk Management feature on VISTA. However when I connect this hard disk to my company system which has a XP OS, I do not see all the partitions. I just get to see 3 of my 32GB FAT32 partitions and the single NTFS 450 GB partition. I am wondering what is wrong here? On Disk management of XP also, the system does not detect the 3, 32 GB Fat 32 partitions that I have created. Can somebody help me here please ?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Regards, Utkarsh Gadewar
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I think you are right. First I was stupid to create so many drives :). I think i will have to merge all the drives now and how just 3 drives. 2 FAT32 and 1 NTFS. Its all started as my DVD player does not detect NTFS so I need to have FAT32 file system. Something that I found. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090518064427AAf8Hjs
According to the PDF Leaflet available from the link you provided:
"Connect and enjoy multiple sources Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Link plays video/music from USB flash drive
Easy to use One touch MP3 creation directly from CDs onto USB sticks
Convert the contents of your favorite CDs to MP3 files on your Philips product, and store it directly on a thumbdrive through a USB cable. Enjoy the convenience of creating MP3 files right in your living room, without a PC, and even while the CD is playing.
With Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Link, all you have to do is plug in your USB device, select the movie, music or photo and play away."
You'll notice that, at no point, is it suggested that there is a capability to connect this device directly to any PC.
Nor should you be connecting any external POWERED hard drive to this player. It is solely designed to accommodate a USB thumb drive.
USB thumb drives, by default, are formatted to FAT32.
I have a DVD player with USB to it, which does not detect any NTFS file system and needs a FAT32 file system on the USB device (in my case USB device is the Segate 1 TB external hard disk). The DVD player detects the drives which are FAT32 file system.
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External Hard disk partitions not detected on XP
On Disk management of XP also, the system does not detect the 3, 32 GB Fat 32 partitions that I have created.
Can somebody help me here please ?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Regards,
Utkarsh Gadewar