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FAT32 and USB-Stick (64GB): formatting with Disk Director possible?

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Windows 8.1 is not able to format USB-Sticks with FAT32 that a bigger than 32GB. But in some cases its necessary to use a FAT32-Partition. Is it possible to format a USB-Stick (corsair voyager GT, capacity 64GB) with FAT32 using Disk Director?

thx a lot and see yahh...

LASER_one

 

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Hi Laser_one.  I can't speak for Disk Director's ability to do this personally, but it does seem to be supported:

 

Acronis Disk Director 12 User Guide

5.6 Formatting a volume The formatting operation prepares a volume to store files and folders, by creating a file system on it. Caution: Formatting destroys all data that is currently stored on the volume. You may want to format a volume in the following cases:  When you are creating the volume. In this case, the formatting window is part of the Create Volume Wizard.  When you want to quickly destroy data on the volume—for example, as a security best practice.  When you want to change the volume’s file system to later store files more efficiently. To format a volume 1. Right-click the volume that you want to format, and then click Format. 2. In File system, select the file system that you want to create on the volume. The NTFS file system is recommended for most Windows operating systems. Note: The FAT16 and FAT32 file systems can be created on a volume of up to 2 GB and up to 2 TB in size, respectively