Microsoft KB Archive/155340

= How to Place a FAT32 Partition on an Iomega Jaz Drive =

Article ID: 155340

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to establish a FAT32 file system partition on an Iomega Jaz SCSI removable cartridge drive.



MORE INFORMATION
To use the FAT32 file system on an Iomega Jaz drive, you must first partition the drive. To do so, follow these steps:


 * 1) In Device Manager, click the Jaz drive, and then click Properties.
 * 2) Click Settings, and then click the Int13 Unit check box to select it.
 * 3) Quit Device Manager.
 * 4) Restart Windows.
 * 5) Once Windows is restarted, open an MS-DOS session and use the FDISK command to partition the drive.

After you create the partition and restart Windows, you can format the drive and use the FAT32 file system.

For more information about the FAT32 file system, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE ID: 154997

TITLE : Description of the FAT32 File System

Additional query words: HWSCSI 95

Keywords: kbhowto kbdiskmemory KB155340

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