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Subject: Re: rockbox, 64GB SDXC card and win10 format fat32

Re: rockbox, 64GB SDXC card and win10 format fat32

From: David Mehler via rockbox <rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:54:16 -0400

Hello,

Thanks. Got the rufus and it worked great!

Thanks.
Dave.



On 3/17/23, John Abrams via rockbox <rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se> wrote:
> Aomei partitioner is a great tool and it’s free.
>
>> On Mar 17, 2023, at 7:51 PM, Michael Sparmann via rockbox
>> <rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Dave,
>>
>> That is an arbitrary limitation of Windows' built-in format tool.
>>
>> There are several third-party tools, which can format larger drives (up
>> to 2TB) as FAT32 with no issues.
>> https://rufus.ie/ is a commonly used swiss army knife for such (and a
>> lot of other) situations.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Michael
>>
>>> Am 18.03.2023 um 03:46 schrieb David Mehler via rockbox:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> An sdhc card that was in my player died today. I am atempting to
>>> replace it with a 64GB SDXC card, it came preformatted as xFat which
>>> rockbox doesn't support. So since win10's gui-formatter wouldn't
>>> format the card fat32 I dropped to an administrative cmd prompt and
>>> entered:
>>>
>>>
>>> format letter: /fs:fat32 /q
>>>
>>> I was informed that the drive is to big for fat32. I am apparently stuck.
>>>
>>> Help appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Dave.
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