How do I convert a micro SD card to FAT32 format?
Jan 8, 2015, 10:10 pm
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How do I convert a micro SD card to FAT32 format?
I have a phone that accepts 32GB SD cards and I have a 64GB card. To use it on the phone I need to convert the card to the FAT32. Anyone know of a reliable tool?
Jan 8, 2015, 10:12 pm
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Format it in your favorite PC or use Disk Utility on a Mac. You can get a microSD to SD adapter cheaply if your card did not come with one.
Jan 9, 2015, 7:13 am
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Jan 9, 2015, 8:48 am
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Jan 9, 2015, 5:28 pm
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If you have access to Linux, you can (try to) read the mSD card and reformat it (FAT32) - i have the stable Mint OS loaded on USB stick to boot up from, and have very good results reading even damaged SD card, recovery & reformatting are more challenging otherwise.
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What about a digital camera (perhaps it will need an adapter) for reformatting ?
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What about a digital camera (perhaps it will need an adapter) for reformatting ?
Jan 9, 2015, 7:56 pm
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You say the phone accepts 32gb "SD" cards. 32gb is a special value here--it's the maximum possible SDHC card. Any card above this must be SDXC--and devices from the SDHC era won't recognize them. (I used quotes around "SD" because there is no such thing as a 32gb SD card--I forget the breakpoint between SD and SDHC but it's far below 32gb.)
Given that capacity limit I think it's very likely the phone does not recognize SDXC cards and there is no question your card is a SDXC card.
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Jan 12, 2015, 9:42 am
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Since you say the phone doesn't recognize the card I think there's another factor here and reformatting probably won't do you any good, the phone will probably never speak to the card.
You say the phone accepts 32gb "SD" cards. 32gb is a special value here--it's the maximum possible SDHC card. Any card above this must be SDXC--and devices from the SDHC era won't recognize them. (I used quotes around "SD" because there is no such thing as a 32gb SD card--I forget the breakpoint between SD and SDHC but it's far below 32gb.)
Given that capacity limit I think it's very likely the phone does not recognize SDXC cards and there is no question your card is a SDXC card.
You say the phone accepts 32gb "SD" cards. 32gb is a special value here--it's the maximum possible SDHC card. Any card above this must be SDXC--and devices from the SDHC era won't recognize them. (I used quotes around "SD" because there is no such thing as a 32gb SD card--I forget the breakpoint between SD and SDHC but it's far below 32gb.)
Given that capacity limit I think it's very likely the phone does not recognize SDXC cards and there is no question your card is a SDXC card.
I can't remember where I got the tool to format the card which is why I posted this thread. Since my personal laptop is down at the moment, I was also hoping there is another way to do this without having to download anything i.e. directly through the computer.
Jan 12, 2015, 12:32 pm
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For some odd reason, I couldn't get my Windows 8 laptop to format a 64GB SDXC correctly. I eventually formatted it using my digital camera.