#FAT32 SD CARD FORMATTER WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 10#
#FAT32 SD CARD FORMATTER WINDOWS 10 PORTABLE#

#FAT32 SD CARD FORMATTER WINDOWS 10 PORTABLE#

In reality, it isn't always straightforward if we're working across both Apple and Windows platforms, perhaps due to having a Mac at home and a PC at the workplace or various clients working across different ecosystems, with whom we need to transfer and share large media files using portable storage. OK, so there's an easy solution here though? Just store those files on a portable drive or USB stick - but is it that simple? You can “Cancel” the Microsoft Windows alert that you need to format.Let's face it, data storage is more and more of an issue these days for those us on the move during the working day using ultraportable laptops and Macs, perhaps dividing our time between our workplace, client locations and/or our home offices.Ī common issue many of us experience is the reduced disk space due to the cost of SSD storage increasingly favoured in portable computers tending to be higher than traditional spinning hard drives, leading to the scenario that the smaller capacity drives they contain just don't have enough disk space to store many files on top of the operating system.ĭespite this, the benefits of SSD storage are clear as what's not to love about being able to boot up our devices in seconds and generally experience the quicker operation of applications along with the added robustness of SSD storage in most use cases. Press “Y” and give your SD-card an interesting name.Īfter a few seconds the H-drive will show up in Windows Explorer and you will now be able to use it. Run the format command from the Windows Command line format H: /FS:FAT /Q And replace H with you SD-card drive letter. It should show a Primary partition of 4000 MB.Ĭlose the diskpart window by typing exit and go back to your Windows Command prompt screen. Ignore that for now, if you want to can check your new partition by running the list part command again. When you run the command almost immediate a Windows File Explorer Window will open as the new partition is noticed by Windows and it wants to format it. This 4000 is rather important, as FAT16 only supports up to 4GB. For each partition you need to first select the partition using the select part and then remove the partition using delete part.Īnd finally we create the new partition by running the create command create part primary size=4000. And you might just see 1 partition on your SD-card, thats fine. Run the command list part.īoth partition needs to be removed and do make sure you are on the correct Disk, as removed does mean removed. Select the correct Disk by running the select disk command.Ĭheck which partitions are present on the SD-card, as we will need to remove those creating a new FAT16 partition. In my case Disk 6 is an 8GB micro SD-card.

This will give an overview of al disks (HDD, SSD, SD-cards, etc) in your system. And in the Diskpart window run the list disk command. If you have not yet put you SD-card in your PC, do it now. Diskpart.exe will open in his own screen.

Start diskpart, you will get a warning, accept yes, as you do want to make changes to your SD-card. Type cmd in the search field a, the Command Prompt App will be your best match, press enter and you are ready. On your Windows machine open a command prompt by select the search option next to Windows Start menu on the bottom left of your screen.

#FAT32 SD CARD FORMATTER WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 10#

And that’s a challenge as on Windows 10 the FAT16 option is no longer available in the GUI when you put in a “large” micro-SD card, lets say 8GB or more which is already formatted with FAT32 or NTFS.īut no worry, we can use diskpart to prepare and format the SD-card with FAT16.

My current 3D printer is only able to handle FAT16 formatted micro-SD cards.

Fat32 sd card formatter windows 10