If you need to protect your USB or SD card from writing, it is recommended to look for a write protection switch on the device. Make sure that the switch is configured for writing rather than read-only.
To convert a USB drive to FAT32, follow these steps:
- Right-click on the USB drive and select "Format Partition".
- Choose FAT32 as the partition file system in the pop-up window. You can also format the file in EXT2/3.
- You can use any other options you want to modify the default cluster size.
To convert from exFAT to NTFS, follow these steps:
- Open Disk Management.
- Select the partition to be formatted, right-click on it, and choose "Format".
- In the window that opens, choose the "FAT32/NTFS" file system option and click "OK".
- After formatting is complete, click "OK" to confirm.
To transfer files larger than 4GB to FAT32, you can try the following steps with or without formatting:
To save large files, you should try to exceed the FAT32 file size limit. The solution is to change the file system to one compatible with Windows, usually NTFS.
In computer science, formatting a USB drive means preparing a mass storage device, such as a hard drive, so that it can be used to store all your data.
After clicking "Start," the formatting of the USB drive begins with the "Quick Format" option. The time it takes varies depending on the device and its capacity, but generally takes only a few seconds. For example, it took less than 10 seconds to format a 4GB pen drive.
You should format a USB drive when you encounter the following situations:
- Some files or folders are damaged, locked, or inaccessible.
- You want to copy files larger than 4GB, but the file system does not allow it.
- Mac and Linux also need to use the USB drive.
Formatting a hard disk, both internal and external, is easy with the NTFS file system. In fact, this file system can store files up to 16TB in size and supports memory partitions up to 256TB. What does NTFS do? NTFS, which can be translated as "New Technology File System," is designed to organize data on hard disks and other data storage devices. NTFS is widely used as a file system due to Microsoft’s market-leading role.
Formatting in FAT32 requires the use of the 32-bit File Allocation Table. Windows 95 (in the OEM OSR2 version) introduced this innovation to allow partitions on hard drives with capacities greater than 2GB.