*Sigh*

Formatting a 200GB portable drive to FAT32 so I can backup mah PS3

started 1 1/2 hours ago and its only 60%... That normal?

Hmm, A. Was there a lot of shit on it? And B. Was it a full format? If so, I wouldn't doubt it. Seems a little long, but oh well.

Originally Posted by scotbud123

Hmm, A. Was there a lot of shit on it? And B. Was it a full format? If so, I wouldn't doubt it. Seems a little long, but oh well.

Nope. Only had 15GB on it

and yea, reformatting the entire thing so it can be read by the PS3

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Aff

about 2 hours to get to this point...

A format should take less thatn 5 minutes. Especially the FAT32 file system. You must be manually clearing every sector, which you don't need to be doing.

O-well, midaswell wait for it to finish now...

Originally Posted by radnomguywfq3

After all that, this is what happened...

Dads gonna try format it on his Mac. Hopefully that'll work because I want to backup my PS3 over night

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Wow... Dad did it in less than a minute

for once a Mac is good for something

Originally Posted by Tall kiwi

After all that, this is what happened...

for once a Mac is good for something

Actually it's because my MAC has a superb CPU.

It's probably because you're not using quick format.

Quick Format is the best solution.

it is actually normal dont worry

Originally Posted by Amkay

it is actually normal dont worry

Are you handicapped? It should take less than 3 minutes.
@OP
Use "quick format"

I did Quick Format but it didn't have the option of changing it to FAT32, only exFat and NTFS. Thats why I had to open up the Command Prompt

Originally Posted by Tall kiwi

I did Quick Format but it didn't have the option of changing it to FAT32, only exFat and NTFS. Thats why I had to open up the Command Prompt

If you don't use quick format, expect it to take a ton of time.

Originally Posted by Dave84311

If you don't use quick format, expect it to take a ton of time.

Righto, That would explain why it took so long

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