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This article was co-written by Yaffet Meshesha. Yaffet Meshesha is a computer expert and founder of Techy, a full-service company: home pick-up, repair, and return. With over eight years of experience, Yaffet specializes in computer repair and technical support. Techy has appeared in TechCrunch and Time magazines.
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FAT32 is one of the most compatible file system standards for USB drives. When the USB is formatted with FAT32, you will be able to read and write to the USB from most computers or devices that support USB drives. Every operating system has a utility that allows to quickly format a USB to FAT32 standard.
Steps
Windows (Drive 32 GB or less)
- Open the Start menu and select “Computer”, or double-click the Computer icon on your desktop.
- Click the Folder icon located on the toolbar.
- Press ⊞ Win + E .
- If your USB drive is not listed here, press ⊞ Win + R and run “diskmgmt.msc” to open the Disk Management tool. If the USB port or drive doesn’t have physical problems, the drive should appear here. Right click on it and select “Format”.
- If the drive is larger than 32 GB and you still want to format it to the FAT32 file system standard, read the next section of this article.
Windows (Drives larger than 32 GB)
- The downloaded file is named “guiformat.exe”.
- The larger the drive, the longer it takes Windows to recognize and connect files when the drive is plugged in again. It may take about 10 seconds or so from the time it is plugged in for the 2 TB drive to appear on Windows.
- If you plan to use the drive on the device and the computer supports exFAT or NTFS, instead of FAT, you should use either of these formats. They offer faster transfer speeds and support larger file sizes. Only the FAT32 standard should be used for drives larger than 32 GB in case your device only supports this format.
Mac
- If you have a drive larger than 32 GB but really need FAT32, you can split the USB drive area and format each part into individual FAT32 partitions. Click the “Partition” tab. Next, click the “+” button to create new zones. Set the size of each zone to no more than 32 GB and select “MS-DOS (FAT)” from the Format menu for each of those regions.
Ubuntu Linux
- If you only use a USB drive on a Linux machine, choose the “ext4” standard.
This article was co-written by Yaffet Meshesha. Yaffet Meshesha is a computer expert and founder of Techy, a full-service company: home pick-up, repair, and return. With over eight years of experience, Yaffet specializes in computer repair and technical support. Techy has appeared in TechCrunch and Time magazines.
This article has been viewed 8,498 times.
FAT32 is one of the most compatible file system standards for USB drives. When the USB is formatted with FAT32, you will be able to read and write to the USB from most computers or devices that support USB drives. Every operating system has a utility that allows to quickly format a USB to FAT32 standard.
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