How to Place a FAT32 Partition on an Iomega Jaz Drive

Last reviewed: November 22, 1996
Article ID: Q155340

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2

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:

In Device Manager, click the Jaz drive, and then click Properties.
Click Settings, and then click the Int13 Unit check box to select it.
Quit Device Manager.
Restart Windows 95.
Once Windows 95 is restarted, open an MS-DOS session and use the FDISK command to partition the drive.

After you create the partition and restart Windows 95, 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: Q154997
   TITLE     : Description of FAT32 File System

KBCategory: kbhowto kbusage
KBSubcategory: win95 diskmem
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: November 22, 1996
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