“My USB drive shows "exFAT" in the file system box. It is a new drive with nothing on it as it was reformatted that I believe originally showed a FAT32 files system. I need it to be reset to FAT32. How can I do this?”

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• I just reformatted it in FAT32

  Answered by LyleS 1 year ago

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• To the best of my knowledge all USB Flash drives are originally formatted exFat by their manufacturer. This format provides you the most flexibility. For more specific information check out the following link. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3109559/why-your-usb-drives-file-format-matters-fat32-vs-exfat-vs-ntfs.html

  Answered by Rick 5 years ago

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• I would certainly hope you have figured this out by now but for anyone whom has the same question, you can use a free program called Easeus Parition Master (make sure to get the free edition). Windows doesn't allow native formatting of drives larger than 32gb as FAT32, so a third party application is required.

  Answered by Homebrewpc 5 years ago

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