USB drive formatting back to FAT32 after formatting to NTFS


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    USB drive formatting back to FAT32 after formatting to NTFS


    Last night, I tried to transfer a video file as I've done dozens of times. It didn't work. I tried a second time and realized it was because the file was more than 4GB which FAT32 USB drives will not accept.

    I successfully formatted the new USB drive to NTFS.

    My question is can I convert it back to FAT32? Can I do this using the same method (right-click drive checked off and optimized performance then right-click and select NTFS) I did from FAT32 to NTFS or is something else required?

    Is it dangerous to due this? I will only be using this USB stick on my Windows laptops, dvd player and not on my iMac.
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  2. Posts : 2,177
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #2

    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,

    You are correct, you can just format the drive back to FAT32 and no it shouldn't cause any issues doing this.
    I have swapped between file system types many times and never had an issue.

    Regards,
    Jamie
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks Jamie.
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