

It may take longer if the volume of the external storage media is larger than 32 GB. How to FAT32 format a Flash Drive on the operating system Windows 10 Where “ F:” is the letter ( Drive Letter) of the flash drive connected to the PC.Īfter running the command line, wait for the formatting process to finish. After identifying the flash drive letter, execute the command:Ĭareful! This command will erase all data from the storage drive! format /FS:FAT32 F: The simplest, see in " This PC” or via the command line executed in Command Prompt or PowerShell: wmic logicaldisk get deviceid, volumename, descriptionġ.

Identify the drive letter of the Flash Drive connected to the system. To format FAT32 a USB Drive (USB stick), larger than 32GB on Windows 10, you have to do the following steps:ġ. Practically though, there is a very simple method by which you can FAT32 format a USB Drive larger than 32GB using a simple command in PowerShell or Command Prompt How to format a USB drive larger than 32GB to FAT32 on Windows 10 These can only theoretically be formatted NTFS or exFAT. For storage units USB Drive larger than 32 GB, this formatting option FAT32 missing on the operating system Windows 10.
