How to Format a Flash Drive Windows 10 | USB Thumb Drive | FAT32

In this video, I will show you how to format a flash drive or USB thumb drive on your Windows 10 PC with Fat32. This step by step guide will help you setup your flash drive and format it so that it is ready for all your files. Formating your USB flash drive or thumb drive will wipe out all the data on it. In this tutorial we will be formating the drive in Windows 10 using a FAT32 file system.

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00:20 Introduction
00:58 Formating flash drive
02:14 File System FAT32
02:23 What file type should you select
04:04 Conclusion


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[SuvinRK]

Thanks for this! A lot of other videos are using some software but I was looking for this method. Thanks again!

[bailey]

Wow, this is how every tutorial should be in a perfect world. Very clear and easy to follow. PROPS!

[CJNFT__]

Great content!! Needed to find out this information for work. Simple and easy to follow. Thanks :)

[Believethethird]

thank you so much i was trying to format my flash drive for so long

[sweetny-ivyakiror-ojule]

Very helpful for me as a new DJ, thank you

[AdrianAK]

My Win 10 only allows NTFC or exFAT 😞

[cynthiac.]

Your red arrows are fabulous! I never can follow computer how-to videos because I can't see where the cursor is! Thank you!

[Melvorgazh]

Hi folks,
I just tried to format my usb flash drive Kingston datatraveler 64gb in Fat32 and Windows 10 only proposed exFat and NTFS.
don't understand.
The other day I changednthe format of another Usb Flash drive and had no problem setting it to Fat32.

Perhaps there is a program that could change it instead of bloody WINDOWS?

[dutchloveRC]

I wish I had found this 2 months ago!!! thanx for the info, SlowJo

[crimsonark]

Thank you o was googling websites to foramat you made it somple

[XxmecaxX]

I used ext2 or maybe it was bootice and need help. I created 4 partitions but cant get it back to just 1.. im trying to use a very old amd 64bit pc to make drives for my Acer aspire 5 slim.

[grumpykat]

I have Windows 11 and a SAMDATA USB flashdrive. I went through the Format process as you described, but I got the following message: *Windows was unable to complete the format.* Do you know the problem and how to resolve it?

[oscarsalesgirl]

Thank you ! Normally I call my brother haha

[dodorianri]

So I only have to make sure i format it as a FAT32, but i dont have to mark the partition as active or something like that?...
Hope for an answer

[sherischneider]

I have a brand new SanDisk Ultra Flash Drive...I was going to format it and found this video very easy to follow BUT when I opened up the file that says USB Drive (D) there are three files in there that say something about SanDisk software .dmg and Install SanDisk...do I just format over that or do I need that to use my flash drive when saving photos and videos to this particular flash drive?

[rrt-]

hey what happends if it says the disk is write protected?

[coeurenpoche]

My USB-stick is 32 GB but on the computer it says it only has 28 GB space. How do I format it to get 32GB space instead of 28?

[superstang]

No window comes up when I right click on the USB Drive (D:) icon

[samlewis]

I need a video for formating music on USB ..got anything?

[Launcelotth]

Hello! Thanks for this video, easy to follow, even for a techy challenged person like me. However, it still didn't work for what I am trying to do, and perhaps I am going about this all wrong. So, what I am trying to do, is put videos on a thumb drive that will work on my DVD player (that has a slot for a thumb drive). I am compiling music vids, would like to pull a variety of different episodes from my DVDs, onto a thumb drive, so I have more variety, and it can run longer than a DVD would - I just can't get it to work with videos (MP3s play just fine), any suggestions? After following your video, and giving it a shot in the player, said something along the lines of, "This USB device is not supported. And you're a horrible cook." Like I said, I am NOT techy at all, so the more basic your answer, the better it will work for me. Advice? Do I need a program to do this? No doubt this is second nature for some of you guys, where I am still trying to figure out how to work my VCR. Kidding. :-) I actually used to do with VHS tapes what I am trying to do with a thumb drive / DVD player, but no doubt the latter is much easier (I hope) and far less time consuming. Thanks!