Windows 10: Windows 10 recovery usb flash drive , formatted fat32 or NTFS?

Discus and support Windows 10 recovery usb flash drive , formatted fat32 or NTFS? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Sirs, I have an old pc and Bios ( non UEFI) . i formatted NTFS the 8GB usb flash drive, then found the Recovery drive creator by opening... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by akaynot, Jun 30, 2019.

  1. AKAYNOT
    akaynot Win User

    Windows 10 recovery usb flash drive , formatted fat32 or NTFS?


    Sirs,

    I have an old pc and Bios ( non UEFI) .

    i formatted NTFS the 8GB usb flash drive,

    then found the Recovery drive creator by opening Control Panel (Windows key + X)

    Open Recovery

    Click Create Recovery drive , flash usb drive inserted , box labeled "Back up system files to the recovery drive" checked, then i clicked next to start process of creating recovery drive. When creation was completed ,i checked content of the created Flash recovery drive and was formatted FAT32. I am confused, i thought that ,for my PC with an old Bios, recovery drive should have been formatted NTFS ( as my inizial format with empty usb flash drive) not FAT32( changed to fat 32 during recovery creation) . Can someone tell me if Windows 10 recovery usb flash drive will work with FAT32 or do i need to reconvert it in NTFS ?

    thank you for your help.

    Antonio

    :)
     
    akaynot, Jun 30, 2019
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  2. WIZARDWN
    WizardWN Win User

    Flash Drive format for creating a Recovery Drive?

    Hello,

    I don't think you have to worry about FAT32 or NTFS. If you insert a USB flash drive and create a recovery drive, Windows 10 should format the USB flash drive for what you needed. Windows 10 should format automatic.
     
    WizardWN, Jun 30, 2019
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  3. ((JOHN))
    ((John)) Win User
    Flash Drive format for creating a Recovery Drive?

    Just created a Flash USB Recovery Drive which looks OK. The Dell instructions said to format the flash drive to NTFS format yet further reading on Microsoft sites say to use FAT32 format when creating the drive.

    On checking the contents of the newly created Flash Recovery Drive it is FAT32 format. I'm confused as to why Dell tells me to format to NTFS and the final drive is FAT32. Can anyone throw light on this please? I'm concerned the drive may not work if I need
    to use it. Thank you.
     
    ((John)), Jun 30, 2019
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  4. ROBELENE WIN
    Robelene Win Win User

    Windows 10 recovery usb flash drive , formatted fat32 or NTFS?

    USB media formatting recquirerments, FAT32 or NTFS?

    The installer itself will create and format it to NTFS. But you can still format it to FAT32. If you are using a 4GB USB flash drive the installer will automatically format it to FAT32 and if you're using bigger storage most probably it will automatically
    format to NTFS.

    Feel free to post back if you have any other concern.
     
    Robelene Win, Jun 30, 2019
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