How do I format and partition my new external hard disk?

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Thank you managed to partition 1000Gb EHD 4 partition

Leo you rock!
I thought I had killed my 250GB LaCie external hard drive but with your excellent and easy to follow tutorial I was able to retrieve full use.
Thanks again,
John McVey

WinXPh external 500GB USB drive it FAT32. I want to split it into 40% FAT 60% NTSF. Reducing partition size (PM8) offers available values as current=smallest=largest = maximum size 500GB.
There is no choice. Adjusting NEW value to reduce partition size ends up in screen showing values new equal to current values. The disk is not empty. Size reduction is less than existing data amount (lots of space).
PM8 works fine with built-in disk.

i followed the steps as listed, but once i selected "delete partition" the entire drive dissapeared. i didn't get an unallocated or healthy message. now my computer won't even recognize my external drive. what do i do now?

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