How big is your hard disc? XP Home, Pro, 2000, etc can not create a FAT32 Partition bigger than 32GB [as far as I know], i have a 40GB Hard disc and it only gave me the choice of NTFS.. but on a smaller drive [less than 32GB], it gave me the following choices: Format the Partition with NTFS (Quick) Format the Partition with FAT (quick) Format the Partition with NTFS Format the Partition with FAT Hope this helps you a bit, Roland