How to format a large hard disk to FAT32 in Windows

You want to hook up your external hard drive to your PlayStation, DVD player or any other media player device that requires the hard drive to be formatted in FAT32? Are you trying to format a hard disk to FAT32 in windows but can't seem to find how to do it? As of Windows Vista, the format option in Windows only offers you to format a hard disk in NTFS or exFAT. There is no more option to format to FAT32 in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

On the internet you can find many article about how to use the command line format.exe utility that allows you to format in FAT32. Unfortunately, as of Windows XP, Microsoft has limited formatting a hard disk to FAT32 to partitions smaller than 32GB (although the theoretical limit for FAT32 is about 8TB).
So how to format a large hard disk or partition to FAT32? The answer is simple: FAT32Format.

The FAT32Format utility comes in two flavors: a command line version and a GUI powered version, which I prefer. To format your hard disk to FAT32:

• Go to http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm and download Guiformat
• Run Guiformat.exe. A window as shown below should open
  
  
• Select your drive
• Select Quick Format to perform a quick format, or clear the Quick Format box to perform a full format
• Click Start and wait for the format to finish

A Quick Format only should take a couple of seconds. A full format entirely erases your disk bit by bit and can take a couple of hours to finish (the full format option seems to have a bug in calculating the percentage completed, and even resets to 0% every now and then. But the format itself finishes correctly).

Counter Snipe: kill or get killed

In the world of the Sniper there are rarely any second chances. Find and neutralize the enemy sniper before he gets you. That's what Counter Snipe is all about.



Counter Snipe is a free online multiplayer browser game developed by Ninja Kiwi.
In single player mode, you can practice your sniping skills and get to know the different maps and weapons. But the real challenge is the online multiplayer mode.
In multi-player mode, you have to spot and kill other players before they finish you off. During your killing spree, you earn cash to buy new weapons and expand your inventory.
You can also challenge your friends in a private game.


You can play Counter Snipe on the Ninja Kiwi website.

But I recommend to play Counter Snipe in full screen mode! Click here to open Counter Snipe full screen.

Adobe has released an important security update for Adobe Reader

Today, Adobe has released an important update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. (Check the adobe blog the official announcement).




This update addresses critical security updates in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. One of the issues that has been fixed is the flaw that recently has been discussed at the Black Hat USA 2010 security conference (by Charlie Miller). It is advised to update Adobe Reader as soon as possible!

• Open Adobe Reader
• Go to 'Help' and select 'Check for updates'
• Click 'Download' to download the update
• One the update has been downloaded, click 'Install' to install the update.
• You need to restart your computer once the update has been installed
  

One minute of pure fun / frustration

Are you ready for one minute of pure fun?
Are you ready to play an insanely fun game that only lasts 1 minute, and after 20 minutes of trying, the only thing that is insane is you?
Are you ready for Morplee?

Morplee is a very simple game, in which you have to complete 25 minigames and defeat one boss. You get exactly 1 minute to complete your task. Will you succeed?


Morplee is one of the funniest online games I have played in months. The idea is so simple yet the goal is so difficult to achieve. Pure addiction!
After a little more than 20 minutes of trying, I finished the game and had 6 seconds left.
Can you do better than me?
Let's find out.

Click here to play Morplee!

Use your pictures as a screen saver in Widows 7

You have a nice collection of pictures or photos that you want to use as your screen saver? This is very easy to do in Windows 7. All you have to do is put your pictures in one folder and enable the screensaver. Simply follow the instructions below.

• Open Windows Explorer (or use My Computer or press Windows + E)
• To use the photo screen saver, all pictures must be in the same folder. You can use an existing folder, or you can create a new one like I did.
• I'm going to create a new folder in the Pictures library
• Right-click on the Pictures library and select 'New => Folder'
• Enter a folder name: e.g. 'Pictures for screensaver'
  
• Now copy all your pictures into the folder. Within this folder, you can organize your photos into subfolders. the photo screen saver will also display pictures that are in the sub-folders
• Close Windows Explorer

Ok, so now it's time to tell Windows to use this folder as your screensaver.

• Right-click on your desktop and select 'Personalize'
• In the bottom right, click on 'Screen Saver'
• On the screen saver settings page, click the selection box and select 'Photos' from the list
• Click on 'Settings'. This is where you can select the folder to use and set other options.
  
• Click on 'Browse' and select the folder you want to use (in my case, I select the 'Pictures for screensaver folder in the Pictures library).
• Select the 'Slide show speed': Slow = 10s; Medium = 5s and Fast = 3s
• If you don't want to see the photos in order, select 'Shuffle pictures'
• Click Save
• You can set the waiting time or click preview to test your screen saver
  
• Click OK

Now you can enjoy your photos as a nice screen saver.