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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: diddly on February 18, 2024, 08:14:04 PM

Title: Format USB FAT32
Post by: diddly on February 18, 2024, 08:14:04 PM

Often I find a need to format a USB stick with the FAT32 filesystem.  For example, the A500 Mini (half size Amiga 500) requires it.  Windows can format a USB with FAT32 natively, but only if it's a small size.  For anything usable you need to turn to alternatives.  The folks at Retro32 have a solution (https://www.retro32.com/a500-mini/161120224994-amiga-500-a500-mini-guide-how-to-format-a-large-usb-stick-with-fat32), and fear the utility may someday disappear.

For that reason I have attached it here.  The zip file contains both a GUI and CLI version of the fat32 formatting tool originally from Ridgecrop Consultants (http://ridgecrop.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm)