USB Format

[annie90]

Hi Guys,

I have a 32gb USB drive that is formatted to MS-DOS(FAT) as I want to be able to use it with both mac and window. I use in primarily for college stuff so that I can work on stuff without having to bring my laptop to college. It worked find of the last few year while I was studying for my undergraduate degree, now I go to a different college to study for a postgrad. In the new college when i plug it into the windows computer,s I keep getting told that it needs to be reformatted to work. I've wiped it and reformatted it again to MS-DOS(FAT) but I keeping getting the same issue. It all works fine on the mac

Would any of you have any ideas ?
Help would be much appreciated

 

[satinsilverem2]

have you tried formatting it to ExFat?

 

[annie90]

have you tried formatting it to ExFat?

nope Ms-Dos were for both?
What is ExFat?

 

[satinsilverem2]

ExFat is the replacement for FAT. Its supported by both operating systems and doesn't have the 4GB file limitation

 

[annie90]

ExFat is the replacement for FAT. Its supported by both operating systems and doesn't have the 4GB file limitation

thanks a lot. ill give that a try . Appreciate it

 

[Tarek]

You need to format it using Disk Utility and by choosing the drive itself rather than the partition.

Like this:

You see the difference? In the first picture the DRIVE itself is selected, which is the proper way to do it; in the second picture, only the partition is selected, which might not work well for you.