How To Format a 64GB, 128GB, or LARGER USB Flash Drive to FAT32 - EASY!

How to format a USB flash drive larger than 32GB to FAT32 by using a free program called FAT32 Format on Windows 10.

By default, you won't have an option to format a USB flash drive larger than 32GB to FAT 32, you will only have NTFS or exFAT as options in Windows 10.

But, some devices like Vizio TV's, some other brands of televisions, some cars etc... require that your USB flash drive is formatted to FAT32.

So what do you do when you have a 128GB or 256GB flash drive that you were going to use for videos with a TV, or for mp3s with a car?

Well, you could use PowerShell in Windows 10, but there is a MUCH easier way!

Just use the FREE program FAT32 Format. (Make a donation to the developer if you can afford it)

In the program, simply select the proper drive.

*MAKE SURE YOU ARE SELECTING THE CORRECT DRIVE!!!

When you format a drive, you ERASE EVERYTHING on that drive! So first, backup any files on the drive. And double check that you have selected the proper drive. If you select the WRONG drive, you WILL delete EVERYTHING on that drive - so, triple check it!

You can change the Allocation Size. Most people can just leave the setting alone. If you want to delve deeper into Allocation Size, give Google a search.

Change the name of the drive if you want, or leave it how it is.

Make sure 'Quick Format' is checked.

Click Start.

The process will only take a few seconds. Close the program when you are done.

Drag & Drop the video, music, or other files onto your newly formatted FAT32 drive.

And that's it. Take the drive to your TV, car, or other device, and everything should work just fine.

▶Download FAT32 FORMAT here

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* If your device accepts exFAT, then you don't need to format to FAT32. You ONLY need this program if you need to format a USB Flash Drive LARGER than 32GBs to FAT32.

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[ummmhelloo]

3 years later and still works, I give my kudos to you!

[DontFearTheReeper]

Thank you! Now it's time to get some games for my jailbroken ps3.

[fugikendesu]

You saved my life I’ve been trying to convert to fat32 at least for 5 hours you’re my hero thanks dude

[techgrace]

Its March 2024, still works like a miracle! Thnaks alot

[the.blur.]

ah, this was so freaking easy thank you
finally got to update my bios after 8 years

[davidcarmichiel]

In the Start menu, type cmd, and then click the entry for the cmd program.
At the command prompt, enter diskpart (you might have to approve this operation as an administrator). The prompt line should now display "DISKPART".
Enter list disk.
Enter select disk X, where X is the number of your selected disk.
Enter clean.
Enter create partition primary.
Enter select partition 1.
Enter active.
Enter format fs=fat32.
Enter assign.
Enter exit.

[gabrieljoseguarin]

Thank you so much! You have no idea how many times I've been trying to format my card using Power Shell. This is very helpful.

[angelbarkov]

Thank you man!
Easy, short and the most important it works!
Been trying for hours and long tutorials and nothing but this works!

[GunJack]

Thank you. I tried it yesterday with my 128 gb stick, it definitely works, because my car speakers go boom now with that pioneer.

[deadlockoriginalfilms.]

Mine just says :failed to open device get last error 32. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"
Which is completely incorrect no programs are using the SD card and I even turned the computer off and turned it back on

[johnnyman]

Thank you. I was trying to figure out why my car wasn't reading a new USB drive which has some music on it and kept receiving NA Device. I'm looking online, checking different pages, feeling kinda sketched out and finally got here, YouTube. After a few videos of of uncertainty, ran across this video and it helped out. I appreciate it.

[BenadrylBen_]

If anyone is having the Error 32 issue where it's being "used by another process" try taking the drive out of the computer and putting it back in, that's what worked for me.

[watchtower]

Just a question. I did these steps. Yes. You go to (properties) click on it and yes it shows format FAT32; but when you got to (THIS PC, format) it only shows exFAT and the other option. I’m trying to flash a BIOS, and it has to be FAT32. And I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to flash the Bios. So, this is process of elimination step one for me. How sure can I be if this flash drive is formatted in FAT32. Because it shows both. One in properties and one in this pc format.

[Maine]

Used the Wayback link in the Description, it's legit. Needed to format my drive to Fat32 for Music/Pioneer Rekordbox
Thanks

[varunmalik]

THAT DEFINITELY WORKS AND I AM VERY HAPPY. THIS VIDEO IS VERY USEFUL.

[MichaelJones-eqne]

I extracted fat32format.exe from fat32format.zip but when I right clicked and then clicked Open it did not do anything. Am I supposed to run it on the command line? How big is the .exe file supposed to be?

[suffix]

Did this to my 2tb external hd, and it works like a charm

[charpad]

Thank you; I needed this to do a bios flashback for my 5900x cpu

[madlad_don]

So im having an issue where i need it to be in MBR and not GPT, any idea how i can do this without spending money

[Emrankalhoro]

Thank you so much sir but can not move larger files to USB like bigger than 4GB. Any solutions