how to change a portable hard drive format?

Q. i need to change my portable hard drive format from nfts to fat32 to connect it to my d-link di-6240s wireless storage router
http://www.dlink.com.au/Products.aspx?Sec=1&Sub1=18&Sub2=43&PID=64

is the router web page

Answer
'partition magic' is the only tool that i have actually used for dynamic re-partitioning & such

maybe other tools too, but i am not familiar
none that windows / microsoft offer

make sure that fat32 is indeed needed & ntfs won't work

in normal course > it would mean re-installation after formatting the entire hard drive of it's contents, files & programs included
re-start from scratch

a link to article would help !
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thanks for link, mate
i do understand your worry

* Wirelessly Share Broadband Internet Connection
* Two USB 2.0 Ports to Connect to Storage Devices/Printers
* 802.11g, 802.11b Compatible
* Advanced Firewall & Parental Control
* Integrated Functions With 6 Built-in Servers for DHCP, Personal Web, FTP, File/Printer**/Multimedia Sharing
* Supported HD formats: FAT16, FAT32

i have read all the manuals & could find no mention of fat16 / fat32 in any of them
i can only guess that it means it also offers support to fat16 / fat32 > outside of ntfs
< fat 16 makes little sense & this was give-away >
backward compatibility issue !

they have stressed very much on security aspects & win xp with sp2 > ntfs is ideal platform for this

i personally would not read too much into it & bother myself
a phone call / mail might clear the air
in case you do face problems, mail me

How can I format my Seagate 500gb Portable Expansion hard drive to fat32?

sarahhh (:

I got the Seagate 500gb Portable Expansion hard drive recently and I seriously need to be able to transfer files from both PCs and Macs. After doing some research, I found out that the best way to do this would be to format the hard drive to fat32, but I have absolutely no idea how to do this.

Also, I'm a little concerned that this hard drive only has a USB connection, as opposed to Firewire. Does a Firewire connection transfer files considerably faster, or is USB fine? I still haven't opened the hard drive and I might be able to exchange it for another hard drive, so would you strongly recommend a different hard drive for about the same price ($100-125)?

Thanks!
Oh, and in case it's of any importance, my main computer is a PC. The Mac I currently have access to is at my school, so I only can use it when i'm there.

Answer
A USB 2.0 connection is about the same speed as Firewire. Formatting to FAT32 will allow the Mac to read and write to it, but it won't be able to handle large files (over 2 GB). If you have any files that size, then you could format to NTFS, but you will need special software for the Mac to write (OS X apparently can read NTFS natively, but cannot write to it.)

If your computers support it, I would look into getting a drive with eSATA. eSATA is significantly faster than USB 2.0.

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