[4 Ways] How to Format SD Card To FAT32 in Windows 10/11 | 32/64/128GB Supported|Easy Tutorial|2024

📌Timestamp
00:00 Video Intro
00:32 Method 1: Format SD card using Disk Management (32GB Supported)
01:29 Method 2: Format SD card using the File Explorer (32GB Supported)
02:22 Method 3: Format SD card via the Command Prompt (32GB Supported)
03:20 Method 4: Format 64/128GB SD Card to FAT32 with PowerShell (64/128GB Supported)
04:00 Bonus: How to Recover Data from Formatted SD Card?

Method 1: Format SD card using Disk Management (32GB Supported)

Step 2: Locate your SD card partition and right-click on it. Choose “Format” from the context menu.
Step 3: Make sure that the “Perform a quick format” option is checked.
Step 4: Choose your desired file system FAT32 and allocation of unit size, then click the OK button. You should see that the formatting process begins right away.

Method 2: Format SD card using the File Explorer (32GB Supported)

Step 1: Connect your desired SD card to your computer.
Step 2: Open the File Explorer using its icon in the taskbar, or by pressing the Windows + E keyboard shortcut.
Step 3: Click on “This PC” from the left-side panel.
Step 4: You should be able to see your SD card listed as a device. Right-click on it, then choose “Format.”
Step 5: A new window should become visible on the screen. Here, you can choose your desired file system (NTFS or FAT32 for 32GB SD cards, or exFAT for 64GB SD cards.)
Step 6: Click on the “Start” button to beging the formatting process.


Method 3: Format SD card via the Command Prompt (32GB Supported)

Step 1: Type "cmd" in the search box. Right-click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator”.
Step 2: In the command prompt window, type "diskpart" and hit “Enter”.
Step 3: Type "list volume" to list all the available drive volumes on your computer and press “Enter".
Step 4: Now choose desired sd card volume by entering this command “select volume #. (# is the number of your disk volume make sure to replace the letter of your sd card drive)
Step 5: Now type this final command “format fs=fat32 quick" and press "Enter" to format the sd card with FAT32.

The above 3 methods work for a 32 GB SD card, but if you want to format a 64/128GB SD card to FAT32, keep watching.

Method 4: Format 64/128GB SD Card to FAT32 with PowerShell (64/128GB Supported)
Step 1: Press Windows+X. Select PowerShell (admin) from the drop-down and run PowerShell as administrator.
Step 2: In the PowerShell dialogue box, type a command i.e. format /FS: FAT32 X: and click Enter.
Step 3: The formatting action will start and would be completed in approximately one hour.

Bonus: How to Recover Data from Formatted SD Card?
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Step 1: Download and install the program on your system. Connect the formatted SD card to your system and launch the software. After your SD card is detected by 4DDiG, select it and click Scan to proceed. To fast your scanning, you can also choose target file types from the upper-right corner.
Step 2: Now, 4DDiG will start scanning the formatted SD card to find lost files. After the scanning, you can switch from Tree View to File View to find your desired files.
Step 3: Find your target files? Just click Recover to save them to a different partition. This is how to recover data from a formatted SD card.

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[tintage]

Here to let everyone know that if method 4 is not working because of a "invalid parameter" in powershell go to your files and look at the letter that is next to SDXC in brackets for example mine is SDXC (D:) you will have to put that specific letter in instead of "X" as it shows in the description or "H" as it shows in the video so the command for my specific microsd in powershell would be "format /fs:fat32 D:" hope this helps!

[allalbavincero]

Unfortunately all mentioned methods failed for my 128GB card. Both diskmgmt and file explorer do not provide FAT32 option in the drop down list. Command prompt run as admin with diskpart also failed with error "The volume size is too big." PowerShell run as admin will additionally prompt "The volume is too big for FAT32" at the end and the command declares "Format failed."

[dracorbitanimations]

I did the 4th option, but its been stuck at 0 percent complete for 20 min now. Guess its not working..
Im formatting a 128gb card

[Zerostarxx]

Method 4 didnt work, said file was too large. My SD card is 128 GB so it shoud've worked. Not sure what to do anymore. Also made sure that I put in the right letter for the SD drive.

[Win-fp]

When i did method 4 it said it was too big for fat 32 and the format failed

[natanbratan]

we did the thing that you said and did it several other ways but it stil says that the format is too big for fat32 and i dont know what to do

[misticlafrite]

I started the format with PowerShell, just after that you said that it last for 1 hour 💀

[christianplanke]

Doesnt help when you reach the "volume too big" error... which is the last step that half works...

[kurshidbee]

I liked your information very much, I want to ask you one more question, how can a 16GB SD card be made into 8 multiple partitions of 2GB each? tell me

[roberttall]

For the fourth method your SD might not be called H. Just use file checker to see what it is.

[AlBroMedia]

Currently formatting a 400GB micro SD through MS DOS. It's so slow haha

[yoboixd]

Step 2 it only shows me exFat and NTFs

[-Poka-]

HELP I TRIED THE POWERSHELL WAY BUT IT DENIED THE ACCESS FOR MY DATA

[steliancristea]

Hey! in The new W10 I can't see FAT32!?!? I see only NTFS and exFAT...That is the big problem.

[OldSchoolDudeGaming]

This fake voice is creepy and hard to listen to. Also don't put the captioning in the video. It's super distracting.

[judypatterson]

Very helpful, but mine says the disk is write protected..how do I fix that..thank you.

[jitkundough]

Nothing worked; Windows 11 makes this very painful.

[PwnerOfTheSevenStars]

It only gives me 16 Kilobytes and it doesnt give me 32

[juniorgarcia]

method 1
what to do when right click but you can't select fomat?