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Can't format 64 GB USB flash drives as FAT32?
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 26 Nov 2016 01:31:16 +0000, Brian
Gregory wrote: On 26/11/2016 00:56, VanguardLH wrote: Ant wrote: I noticed both updated 64bit Windows 7 HPE SP1 & 10 EE won't let me reformat my new 64 GB flash drives as FAT32 (default originally). Their Explorers only gave me NTFS & exFAT. Why no old FAT32? Open a command shell (cmd.exe) with admin privileges. Use the format.exe program inside the command shell. Run "format /?" for help. You'll need to use the /fs:fat32 argument. explorer.exe has code to fix the limitation to 32GB hence why you cannot use it beyond that capacity. This was a deliberate ploy to get users to move to NTFS. Or use a 3rd party (non-Microsoft) partition manager if you need a GUI. I think this supposed "limitation" appeared when Microsoft introduced their proprietary ExFAT format. I think even Microsoft know NTFS isn't a good idea on flash storage that doesn't have wear levelling. So would ExFAT be better than FAT32 also, for the sake of wear? |
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