Windows 10: Converting or formatting a USB flash drive to fat32

I either need to reformat or convert a flash drive to fat32. I have read numerous articles and most say go to accessories-system tools-disk converter but there is no disk converter is system tools. I also read an article that says to go to a command prompt and type format X: /fat32 where X is the drive letter but that says invalid parameter. Another article says to do to disk management and right click the drive and format and select fat32 but fat32 is not a choice. It used to be easy as you could just tight click the drive in file explorer and select format and select fat32 but for some reaso

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how to format usb flash drive for FAT32 on windows 7 pc?

1. Insert the flash drive in a USB port
   
2. Display Computer
   
3. Right-click on the flash drive
   
4. Choose format
   
5. Choose the "file system" FAT32
   
6. Wait till done
   
7. Remove the flash drive
   

 

How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!

 

how to format usb flash drive for FAT32 on windows 7 pc?

how to format usb flash drive for FAT32 on windows 7 pc?