How can I format a 1 T usb drive to FAT32 beyond the Window 10 32gig limit?
Ideally I would like to have the entire drive FAT32/
I have seem some free download apps but they look dated.
Any specific recommendations?
This should do it
How to Format Hard Drive to FAT32 File System up to 2TB
Two suggestions.
You could try and find more modern alternatives to the software you have downloaded.
You could think about installing virtual software such as vmware with the relevant version of Windows installed on it in order to get your software to correctly run.
Download, install and run MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition 9.1 Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free Delete all existing partitions on your 1TB drive. The full drive should show as unallocated.
Again right click on it and click on create. Choose FAT32 as File system > OK > Apply.
Note: All data in your drive will be lost when you delete and format the drive. So backup all data in the drive to another HDD. Make sure that you select the correct drive to delete and format.
Last edited by jumanji; 21 Jan 2017 at 07:07.
There is a limit for a reason if you exceed that limit you can end up with looping fat so you loose all your data
^ Not true. I haven't come across any such loop back reported . The maximum theoretical size for FAT32 is 2TB ( Windows NT 3.51 supported upto 2TB FAT32 drives). But yes, the larger the FAT32 drive, the larger the cluster size, the larger the File Allocation Table, wastage of space and therefore it is less efficient. Most limitations are imposed by OS for efficient operation of the OS and the coding practices and does not apply for data drives.
FAT32Format does not perform disk integrity checks on any newly formatted FAT32 spaces. OP is advised to run the command "chkdsk/R x:" after the format, replacing "x:" with the appropriate drive letter in question.
Last edited by jumanji; 22 Jan 2017 at 04:44.
You could create a small partition and install those apps there. If you talking about store apps:
Storage Save Locations - Change in Windows 10
Do not forget, that FAT32 limits max file size to 4GB.
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