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You can check the drive format by selecting the drive, right-clicking and selecting properties Let’s try again!Īs you can see above, the format was completed successfully. I closed some explorer windows and waited a minute. The size of the drive selected should (near enough) match the file of your drive. Again… please please be sure to select the correct drive in the drop-down. Open the FAT32 Format GUI version of the application. Using the FAT32Formatter from the Command Line (CMD) Make sure any applications that could be using the drive are closed – this may include explorerĪs you can see by the screenshot above, the drive formatted successfully. If another program or system service is using the drive you are trying to wipe you will not be able to complete the format. Please seek assistance if you are unsure. If you choose the wrong drive you could wipe/destroy data that you may not be able to recover or stop a program from working. Navigate to the location you copied the fat32format.exe file to and use the following syntaxįat32format.exe – for example as below fat32format i: Make sure you select Run as administrator

Open a Command window by Pressing the Windows key and typing CMD. For this example I chose the root of my C drive (C:\) The donation button is on this page – Using the FAT32Formatter from the Command Line (CMD)Ĭopy the fat32format.exe to a folder location you can easily access. If you enjoy the software then please donate to Tom for his hard work.