Formatting as FAT16?

[cameo]

Hi,

I wanted to format an SDCard with a FAT16 file system.But when i put it in my pc to do that,i could fine FAT and FAT32 formats in the format window.

any clues how to do it? any 3rd party s/ws?

or are both FAT and FAT16 the same?

[MaRo]

Use software like Partition Magic

[cameo]

thats not working out.
Partition magic is not detecting the SD card at all..

ne crazy engineers out tehr?

[The_Big_K]

I was wondering if Windows allows partitions to be created on removable drives. Only primary partition is allowed. Correct me if I'm wrong.

-The Big K-

[cameo]

i too think so.it doesnt allow partition .
but i wanna format the card.When i put the card to format ,it asks the system type either FAT or FAT32.But i wanna do it as FAT16..
I heard that FAT and FAT16 are the same..

[ash]

Ya know, there is such thing as FAT12. But it's usually used for floppy disks and small partitioned stuff (less than 16MB). It's a legacy tech.. so I'm guessing since you only have two options of FAT and FAT32, the first refers to FAT16.

Check out http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/part_Sizes.htm for the details.

Here's a SD card formatter software from Panasonic: http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...formatter.html

[crazyboy]

Originally Posted by cameo

i too think so.it doesnt allow partition .
but i wanna format the card.When i put the card to format ,it asks the system type either FAT or FAT32.But i wanna do it as FAT16..
I heard that FAT and FAT16 are the same..

Cameo, Windows doesn't allow partition of removable disks. Till we use a third party tool.

Hope that FAT and FAT16 are the same.. you may try this... may possible it will not work, but definitely It wont hamper anything too....

--Crazy

[chinkipradeep]

To all my friends out here i want to correct u and provide the solution for formating with fat 16 without using any other tool then window...
yes window provide a hidden tool which allows you to format removable drvies just go to
control panel--administrative tools--computer management--storage--disk management u will get list of all storing devices connected to ur pc right clcik on 1 u want to format chose file type then format it is done no need to have any 3rd party software